Objetivo Overweight and obesity are according to the WHO a major threat for in our century. Worldwide. Many EU and non-EU countries have or consider interventions to prevent overweight and obesity by influencing the lifestyle of citizens. Such interventions are no t morally neutral. The may cut deep in the individual persons life because they involve essential views an values regarding food and eating, appearance and image, the impact of biological and socio-cultural technologies and freedom. This project analyses the ethics of interventions to prevent overweight and obesity. Interventions have to be effective and ethically justified in the light of ethical principles such as privacy, justice, individual and cultural identity and autonomy, and societal interference. Ethical justification does not take place in a moral vacuum. One needs to understand the moral and cultural climate, the similarities and differences between countries. The ethical issues have to be analyzed in the light of cultural norms and values rega rding: the image of obesity and overweight, food and eating, physical exercise and fitness, and their relation to individual lifestyle and personal responsibility. These issues structure this project: its ultimate goal is to provide an ethical framework fo r the evaluation of interventions to prevent overweight and obesity. Such a framework must rest on sound foundations. Therefore a multidisciplinary consortium will analyze cultural values, norms, traditions regarding the image of obesity and overweight, the culture of eating, the present and future biological and socio-cultural technologies in the light of ethical notions. The project has both practical and theoretical aims. Its aim is to look at a huge and urgent problem from the perspective of ethics. Ámbito científico humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionethicsethical principlesmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionobesity Palabras clave 01.01.00.00.00.00.00 Ethics Ethics in health sciences health in sciences Programa(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Tema(s) SOCIETY-WP2004-2.1.2 - Ethics: emerging issues, and the international dimension Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2004-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-9 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinador ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Dr. Molewaterplein 50 ROTTERDAM Países Bajos Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (7) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo UNIVERSITY OF WALES, CARDIFF Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 30-36 Newport Road CARDIFF Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos FACHHOCHSCHULE KOELN Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Mainzer Str.5 COLOGNE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Yliopistonkatu 4 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO, HELSINKI Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, DILIMAN Filipinas Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 126 Bernardo St. University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City METRO MANILA Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Oxford Road MANCHESTER Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos FACULDADE DE MOTRICIDADE HUMANA Portugal Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Estrada da Costa CRUZ QUEBRADA Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE NUTRICIÓN COMUNITARIA España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Luis Briñas, 18; 4ª planta BILBAO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
