Mehl, Kayla R. (2023) The Medical Model of "Obesity" and the Values Behind the Guise of Health. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Assumptions about obesity – e.g., its connection to ill health, its causes, etc. – are still prevalent today, and they make up what I call the medical model of fatness. In this paper, I argue that the medical model was established on the basis of insufficient evidence and has nevertheless continued to be relied upon to justify methodological choices that further entrench the assumptions of the medical model. These choices are illegitimate in so far as they conflict with both the epistemic and social aims of obesity research. I conclude the paper with a partial solution to these epistemic and social shortcomings.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Mehl, Kayla R. krmehl@uw.edu 0000-0003-2343-7718
Keywords:	medical model, values in science, aims of science, obesity, participatory research, social justice
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics Specific Sciences > Medicine > Epidemiology Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Kayla Mehl
Date Deposited:	26 May 2023 20:00
Last Modified:	26 May 2023 20:00
Item ID:	22144
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics Specific Sciences > Medicine > Epidemiology Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	24 May 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22144

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