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01-09-2016 | Health Services and Programs (AG Tsai, Section Editor)
Investing in Obesity Treatment: Kaiser Permanente’s Approach to Chronic Disease Management
Published in: Current Obesity Reports | Issue 3/2016
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Kaiser Permanente, an integrated health care delivery system in the USA, takes a “whole systems” approach to the chronic disease of obesity that begins with efforts to prevent it by modifying the environment in communities and schools. Aggressive case-finding and substantial investment in intensive lifestyle modification programs target individuals at high risk of diabetes and other weight-related conditions. Kaiser Permanente regions are increasingly standardizing their approach when patients with obesity require treatment intensification using medically supervised diets, prescription medication to treat obesity, or weight loss surgery.