fasting
Let an agent handle fasting by purpose, rules, duration and health considerations, respect religious practice, and direct medical questions to professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle fasting by purpose, rules, duration and health considerations, respect religious practice, and direct medical questions to professionals.
Voluntary abstention from some or all food or drink for a period, for religious, health, medical or protest reasons, including religious fasts and medical fasting before procedures (nil by mouth).
What it is for: Religious observance, medical preparation, health practices and protest.
It can be observe a religious fast; follow nil-by-mouth instructions before procedures; seek medical advice before prolonged fasting; break a fast safely.
Distinguishing features
Voluntary abstention for a period
Religious rules specify times and exemptions
Medical fasting follows clinical instructions
Prolonged fasting has health risks
What it looks like
Not visible; observed through practice and schedules such as Ramadan timetables.
How it is recognised
Religious calendars and fast schedules
Medical instructions such as nil per os
Health programmes such as time-restricted eating
Related models
is a kind of - practice
relates to - observance
affects - effects
is confused with - involuntary
In practice
Families and kinds
religious fasts: Ramadan, Lent, Yom Kippur and others
medical fasting before procedures
intermittent fasting
hunger strikes
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines on pre-operative fasting
Religious exemptions recognised in workplaces and schools
Failure modes and hazards
Health risks for people with diabetes, pregnancy or eating disorders
Dehydration
Misleading health claims
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Purpose Why fast.
Purpose decides rules.
Type
Religious, medical, health.
Type
Kind of fast.
- What kind of fast is it? definition
- Which tradition or instruction governs it? provenance
Rules
Times and exemptions.
Rules
Rules and exemptions.
- What are the times and rules? provenance
- Who is exempt? boundary
Health Safety.
Fasting can be risky for some.
Risks
Who should be careful.
Risks
Health risks.
- Who should seek medical advice before fasting? boundary
- Which symptoms mean stopping? action
Breaking the fast
Safely.
Breaking
Breaking a fast.
- How should a fast be broken safely? action
- What does guidance say? provenance
Medical fasting Before procedures.
Clinical instructions must be followed.
Instructions
Nil by mouth.
Instructions
Pre-procedure rules.
- What fasting instructions did the clinical team give? provenance
- What if they were not followed? action
Medicines
Taking medicines.
Medicines
Medicines during fasting.
- Should regular medicines be taken during the fast? action
- Who to ask? action
Respect Religious practice.
Religious fasting deserves respect.
Accommodation
Work and school.
Accommodation
Accommodations.
- What accommodations can workplaces or schools make? action
- What does law require? boundary
Language
Respectful description.
Language
Respectful wording.
- Is the description respectful and accurate? boundary
- Does it avoid generalisations? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should fasting types be separate entries?
- How should religious exemption rules be recorded?
- How should agents respond to fasting questions from vulnerable people?