Most health plans don't cover obesity treatment : benefitspro

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Most health plans don't cover obesity treatment

Most health plans don't cover obesity treatment

Health insurers are not getting behind medically-recommended obesity care, according to two new studies.(Photo: iStock)Health insurers are not getting behind medically-recommended obesity care, according to two new studies.One study, authored by a group of researchers from Harvard and the Obesity Action Coalition, reports that most insured Americans don't believe their health plan offers coverage for a number of obesity treatments, including bariatric surgery or dietary counseling.


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New survey shows obesity ties cancer as top health threat

New survey shows obesity ties cancer as top health threat

Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, and say it's an even bigger health threat than heart disease, the nation's leading killer, yet most do not go beyond traditional diets or involve doctors in their largely unsuccessful personal struggles against the disease, according to a new survey by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the independent research organization, NORC at the University of Chicago.The findings were released here during ObesityWeek 2016, the largest international event focused on the basic science, clinical application and prevention and treatment of obesity.The ASMBS/NORC Obesity Poll finds that 81 percent of Americans consider obesity to be the most serious health problem facing the nation, tying cancer as the top issue, ahead of diabetes (72 percent), heart disease (72 percent), mental illness (65 percent), and HIV/AIDS (46 percent).


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Child obesity in England "a state of emergency": health experts - Xinhua

Child obesity in England "a state of emergency": health experts - Xinhua

Kids wait for Queen Elizabeth II' Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London, Britain, June 3, 2012.(Xinhua/Wang Lili)LONDON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A leading expert in child health said Thursday obesity and overweight in children in England is entering a state of emergency.Professor Russell Viner of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health was commenting after new figures were published showing the number of young children who are obese or overweight has gone up in the past year.