title: HealthPartners battles excess pounds on a population basis.
abstract: Minneapolis, MN-based HealthPartners has been quietly addressing America's problem with weight for a number of years. The result is an innovative telephone counseling program based on behavior change theory. Key to the program's concept is immediate access to help for any member ready and willing to take steps toward health improvement.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D013689:Telephone