State issues guide to obesity insurance coverage
2957
A guide for consumers and physicians to maximize health insurance coverage for the growing problem of obesity is scheduled for release Sunday.
214482
More than a quarter of growth in health care spending over the past 15 years is due to obesity, and experts say prevention is key to control soaring costs.
315743
Both sides in fit vs. fat argument can cite new evidence to back up claims. By ERIC BERGER. HOUSTON -- The obesity debate is about to become even bigger.
539849
Younger Americans who are overweight today are threatening to hit the U.S. government's Medicare system with big health care bills when they reach old age, according to a report published on Tuesday.
580188
Thousands of children across Australia are to be weighed, measured and interviewed about their diet under a national plan to tackle obesity, the government said.
612404
Small employers that are only willing to pay one-third of their workers' healthcare insurance premiums can now offer policies through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Previously, the state's largest health insurer only offered coverage to companies that contributed at least one-half of premium costs.
302350
America is still gaining weight. Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia are the three states with the highest rates of obesity, according to a new report by the nonprofit advocacy group Trust for America's Health. In all three states, nearly three of every 10 adults tip the scales with a body mass...
757282
Columbia, SC - A state task force on child nutrition released a report Friday to help guide school district policy on nutrition and physical activity.
213954
Nov. 8, 2004 -- Rapidly rising obesity rates and a startling increase in child mortality are holding back gains in Americans&#39; overall health, concludes an annual 50-state survey conducted by nonprofit public health groups Monday.
281151
Loosen the belt buckle another notch America: Obesity rates continued their climb in 31 states last year. No state showed a decline.
292298
A state-by-state review of the nation&#39;s health shows that progress has stalled on the key issues of obesity and infant mortality, according to a new report.
311589
Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
340133
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While there's more recognition of the obesity epidemic plaguing American children and many new programs to fight it, the effectiveness of these efforts is not clear, a new federal report warns.
262195
MONDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity is safe for carefully selected, older people and Medicare patients, according to a U.S. study in the June issue of the journal Archives of Surgery.
637845
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says the guide was developed after many consumers complained to his office that it was hard to get their health insurance to cover weight-loss treatments.
485908
As insurers across the nation consider increasing coverage of medical weight-loss treatments, a Medicare advisory committee on Thursday will examine data on bariatric weight-loss surgery to determine whether CMS should expand coverage of the surgery as a
31428
WASHINGTON  - Rising obesity rates and the  number of people without health insurance are placing a drag on  health gains for the American population, according to the  results of a survey released Monday.