Searching for Young People to Inspire Healthy Living!
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a non-profit organization founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, is searching for young people excited to share their commitment to healthy living and inspire their friends, families, schools and communities to take action and help stop childhood obesity.
STOP Obesity Alliance April E-Newsletter
Dear Reader,
Every day, parents and other caregivers are confronted with myriad questions and situations that not only are challenging and unanticipated, but for which they are unprepared.
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A Legislative Low-Down on Obesity and the States
Webinar Examined State Trends & Upcoming Issues on Obesity & Related Chronic Diseases
The STOP Obesity Alliance hosted a webinar on Tuesday, December 6, in which experts discussed state legislative activities related to obesity and weight-related chronic disease that could signal broader trends in the future. Click here to view the webinar.
American Medical Group Association
The American Medical Group Association represents medical groups, including some of the nation’s largest, most prestigious integrated health care delivery systems and advocates for the multispecialty medical group model of health care delivery and for the patients served by medical groups through innovation and information sharing, benchmarking, leadership development, and continuous striving to improve patient care.
Perspective: Early Identification and Treatment of Risk Factors
The Association conducts research projects and learning collaboratives to better understand current practices in early identification and treatment of risk factors that are known to increase patients’ risk of:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
- Elevated blood pressure
- Low HDL-C
- Elevated blood glucose levels.
Based on recent research published in peer-reviewed journals, it is understood that the growth in Medicare spending is largely due to treatment of these health conditions. The rise in the number of patients needing treatment for obesity and other serious risk factors, highlights the need to develop models and standards of care designed to address the clinical problems facing patients with multiple complex morbidities.
The American Medical Group Association assembled an expert panel from medical groups and industry to assist in developing a survey to help us learn about medical groups’ efforts to develop a business case that will allow them to adequately treat these individuals as care is needed. A report on the results of this survey will be available to survey participants and other interested parties in early September. Based on theses results, the Association intends to develop resources and tools to assist medical groups in implementing best practices to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with risk factors including obesity.
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