Kaiser moves obesity to the top of its clinical priority list.
Kaiser gets serious about tackling the obesity epidemic. Obesity is costing the country billions in unnecessary health care costs, and no single approach appears capable of solving the problem. Consequently, Kaiser has embarked on a comprehensive, multi-pronged effort that combines prevention and treatment strategies aimed at slowing and eventually reversing current trends. It's a complicated problem, but early outcomes are encouraging.
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