Proposals by the current UK government to cut benefits from obese people who refuse treatment is unethical and won’t save money, editors of the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal say. Writing in an editorial titled “Is coercion an option?” the editors argue that while many obese people might welcome the opportunity to take part in ...
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Benefit cut for the obese “unethical” says Lancet
20 Mar 2015