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- Title
O TAMANHO CORPORAL DE CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES: LIMITES AO DIREITO DE ESCOLHA.
- Authors
de Oliveira Costa, Rafael; de Oliveira Costa, Leandro; Martines Piroutek, Aline
- Abstract
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 of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary, through compulsory hospitalization and destitution of "family power".
- Publication
Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
2179-7943
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18593/ejjl.10308