Body size of children and adolescents: limits on the right to choice
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https://doi.org/10.18593/ejjl.10308Keywords:
Right to choose the body size, Destitution of family power, Compulsory hospitalization, Childhood obesityAbstract
The issue of obesity and its treatment has been taking on particular interest from the legal and scientific communities. Reflecting extensive bibliographical research, the present work initially proposes the existence of a "right to have any body size" as a manifestation of the right to free development of personality. Yet, when verifying situations of morbid obesity that effectively prevent children and adolescents from living a dignified life with an abnormal accumulation of body fat, it becomes necessary an intervention by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary Branch, through compulsory hospitalization and destitution of “family power”.
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