Integrate obesity management strategies with your DM program.
The American Heart Association recently upgraded obesity to be a significant risk factor for heart disease and federal health officials issued new clinical guidelines for managing this risk in adults. Find out how one major health plan has incorporated medical weight management into all of its chronic DM programs.
D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000592:standards*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss