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DOI: 10.1055/a-1146-1180
Bundesteilhabegesetz: Chancen für Menschen mit extremer Adipositas
Federal Act on Participation: Opportunities for people with severe obesity
Abstract
Background Children and adolescents with severe obesity suffer from significant disadvantages in many areas of life. Equal participation in life in society is hardly possible for this group of people. In order to counteract this, it was examined whether children and adolescents with severe obesity are considered disabled under the Social Code.
Results In the context of the revised concept of disability, severe obesity in children and adolescents can be considered a disability. Accordingly, a claim to benefits for participation is possible. Such benefits include special rules and aids that could significantly improve the lives of severe obese children and adolescents.
Conclusion The authors agree that children and adolescents with severe obesity, in the most common cases, qualify to claim benefits.
Menschen mit extremer Adipositas leiden unter signifikanten Benachteiligungen in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen. Eine Möglichkeit, mit der die Lebenssituation dieser Personen erheblich verbessert werden könnte, ist der Zuspruch von Leistungen zur Teilhabe aus dem Sozialgesetzbuch. In diesem Artikel zeigen wir auf, wie dies realisiert werden kann – mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit extremer Adipositas.
Publication History
Article published online:
17 June 2020
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG
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