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.
The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance brings together a diverse and powerful group of consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care organizations to stop, think and change how we perceive and approach the problem of obesity, overweight, and weight-related health risks, including heart disease and diabetes.
The goal of the STOP Obesity Alliance is to go beyond awareness and consumer education efforts to identify and address systemic and cultural barriers that are failing to adequately support individual successes.
The STOP Obesity Alliance is focused on:
Conducting and assembling research that identifies any cultural and systemic biases in combating obesity and its related health conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Developing and supporting research-based initiatives to improve care and prevention.
Making recommendations and promoting needed systems changes.
More Than 130 Leading Organizations Pledge Support for NEWM
Today, Virgin HealthMiles, the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and WorldatWork announced more than 130 US organizations have pledged their support for June’s National Employee Wellness Month.
Latest "Weight and the States" Bulletin is Now Available
The first 2012 installment of the "Weight and the States" bulletin examines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) list of small-group health plans, which determine coverage benchmarks for states' essential health benefits packages.
STOP Obesity Alliance's Essential Health Benefits Task Force Essential Health Benefits Recommendations
Essential Benefits Task Force has developed recommendations to help inform the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding treatments for obesity and related co-morbidities that should be considered essential health benefits and covered by all non-grandfathered qualified health plans.
Building a Healthier Nation with Effective Communication and Legislation
The STOP Obesity Alliance, in conjunction with the National Eating Disorders Association, developed new weight and health discussion guidelines for policymakers. The recommendations call for policymakers to responsibly address weight and health by adhering to evidence-based principles when discussing and developing weight-related health policies.
CDC’s Weight of the Nation Conference
STOP Obesity Alliance Director Christine Ferguson, JD will be speaking at a panel discussion entitled, Weight Bias and Discrimination: Treat Thy Neighbor as Thy Self.
Medicare’s New Approach to Familiar Diseases
Medicare’s New Approach to Familiar Diseases
May 14, 2012
By Amy Lynn Sorrel
Medicare in 2011 approved its first-ever coverage of obesity screening and “intensive behavioral therapy,” otherwise known as weight-loss counseling, in a primary care setting.
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