Obesity � part one
Tags: OBESITY; MEDICAL care
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- Providing enhanced services in obesity management. Scott, Peter // Pulse;10/13/2003, Vol. 63 Issue 41, p68
Describes the factors important in providing enhanced services for obesity care in Great Britain. Provisions found in the general medical service contract; Inclusion of services addressing specific local health needs or requirements; Dissemination of strategies to weight loss.
- Tackling obesity in a broader context. Campbell, Ian // GP: General Practitioner;11/18/2002, p46
Reports that how the Nottingham, England-based primary care trust approached the problem of obesity. Diseases caused by obesity; Guidance issued for the use of anti-obesity drugs; Objectives of the primary care trust's program.
- GP Diary. // GP: General Practitioner;11/6/2009, p5
No abstract available.
- THEME OVERVIEW: ADDRESSING THE OBESITY CHALLENGE. Muth, Mary K. // Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues;2010 3rd Quarter, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p1
The article discusses various papers published within the issue, including one by Finkelstein, Strombotne, and Popkin that discusses costs arising from increased healthcare utilization and indirect costs attributed to reduced work productivity associated with obesity, another by Ver Ploeg on the...
- Now is the time to take on the growing obesity problem. Wong, Faye L. // Nation's Health;Jun/Jul2002, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p3
Talks about news coverage of the rising prevalence and cost of obesity in the U.S. Health care costs related to overweight and obesity-related illnesses; Things that public health must do to reverse the trend.
- Who pays for worseness? // Ardell Wellness Report;Fall94, Issue 36, p8
Focuses on the cost of health care in the United States and states that a large portion of every dollar spent by Americans are `hidden costs' earmarked for health care expenses. Percentage of Americans who weigh more than their recommended body weight.
- Obesity Taking an Increasing Toll. // MMR;5/16/2011, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p48
The article reports on the problem of obesity in the U.S. which is the major contributor to health care spending.
- Fighting the Good Fight. WEBSTER, SANDY TODD // IDEA Fitness Journal;Oct2009, Vol. 6 Issue 9, p7
The article discusses issues pertaining to the article "The Wellness Culture: Self-Responsibility at Last" including a story on the wellness culture and a report on the association of obesity with increase in healthcare spending.
- Why does that prescription have to cost you so much? Becker, Richard R. // Fort Worth Business Press;2/13/2006, Vol. 19 Issue 7, p30
Discusses issues involving the increasing cost of health and medical care services in the U.S. Overview of a study conducted by researchers at Emory University which explored the factors attributed to high health care cost; Growth of health care cost from 1987 to 2005; Role of obesity in...
