Improved health care systems needed to combat obesity crisis

Policy and environmental changes are very important in preventing unhealthy weight gain but may not help people with severe obesity achieve substantial weight loss according to a report published online February 18 in The Lancet Instead innovative new Improved health care systems needed to combat obesity crisis

obesity is a health care 'time bomb,' warn lancet authors - thestar.com unprecedented obesity rates are a time bomb of future burdens on health care systems but global efforts to reverse the epidemic are failing according to a major new series in the lancet one of the world's top medical journals an estimated 21 billion

chronic obesity crisis: experts point the significance of obesity treatments - full-timewhistle.com while sweet obesity fatties or sugaries still look inviting obesity creture continues threatening people's health so experts call an obesity awereness and argue that obesity is a chronic disease with largely biological causes that cannot be cured with just diet

study: cuts pushed by funder spurred west africa ebola crisis - frostillustrated.com gin—spending cuts pushed by an international lender weakened health care systems in the west african region leaving the countries underfunded insufficiently staffed and poorly prepared in a report published this month in the journal lancet global

health care costs considerably higher for obese patients - endocrinologyadvisor.com healthday news — annual health care expenses are substantially higher for smokers and the obese compared with nonsmokers and people of healthy weight according to a report published in public health in fact obesity is actually more expensive to

war in ukraine has grave consequences on health care services - west - west-info.eu over 5 million people in ukraine don't have access to a wide range of health care services the humanitarian crisis in the east of the country cut a large part of the population off from primary secondary and emergency health care services as well as

'honest conversation, hard choices' needed for good health care: pm lee - yourhealth.asiaone.com the ministerial meeting on universal health coverage will be taking place in singapore on 10 and 11 february 2015 at the grand copthorne waterfront wednesday feb 11 2015 my paper by salma khalik health care has always been both an emotional

industry group to back results-focused care - nytimes.com a coalition of some of the nation's largest health care systems and insurers vowed on wednesday to change the way hospitals and doctors are paid — placing less emphasis on the sheer amount of care being delivered and more on improving quality and

beshear: health care expansion critics were so incredibly wrong - rcnky.com kentucky's decision to expand the medicaid program is paying enormous dividends in terms of jobs economic growth and improved health for the more than 375000 kentuckians who signed up last year – and according to a new study those benefits will

prevent the next ebola pandemic by investing in better health care systems - usnews.com white house ebola czar ron klain made some optimistic comments over the holidays about the world reaching a pivot point in dealing with this global health pandemic but while we have witnessed some progress in guinea and liberia there are still new

health care center gives kids free dental checkups - connecticut.news12.com optimus health care is celebrating children's dental health month by offering free care to those who need it february 16 2015 1146 am numbers & links optimus health care free dental screenings optimus health care related media kids and teens

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