Infographic: Sick! Epidemic of Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases account for 70 percent of deaths every year, which translates to higher healthcare costs and utilization rates. Heart disease has been the leading cause of mortality for Americans...
View ArticleInfographic: America, Land of the Obese
Obesity is officially an epidemic, and it costs the healthcare system approximately $90 billion per year, according to the surgeon general. In the United States, one in three adults and one in six...
View ArticleInfographic: Obesity in America and Beyond
More than one billion people worldwide are overweight and 500 million are obese, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The United States currently spends $147 billion annually...
View ArticleHealthcare Business Week in Review: Childhood Obesity, Dual Eligibles, ACOs,...
Last year at this time we watched with disbelief as Hurricane Sandy pummeled our East coastline. Schools closed, power shut down, and Halloween was officially postponed until early November when it was...
View ArticleInfographic: Top Public Health Risks
Obesity and smoking are among the top public health risks, according to an infographic from MPHOnline.org. In fact, the infographic shows that obese adults cost $1,429 more per year in medical costs...
View ArticleInfographic: New Mobile Health Technology in 2024
Technology is evolving at a fast pace, and healthcare is evolving with it. In 2024, mobile health (mHealth) technology will include contact lenses that monitor symptoms of diabetes, socks that track...
View ArticleInfographic: Weighing in on Obesity
Three in five adults agree that obesity is a significant problem in the United States, according to a new infographic by TeleVox. The infographic looks at the growing obesity rates among males in the...
View ArticleFrom Last Place, Bronx Communities Now Prize Culture of Health
Barely eight years ago, the Bronx landed at the very bottom of the first county health rankings issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) —the least healthy of 62 New York counties, to be...
View ArticleInfographic: Reducing Childhood Obesity Through Medicaid-Public Health...
Nearly one in six children in the U.S. is obese, representing a serious public health problem. Children covered by Medicaid are particularly at risk, with this population nearly six times more likely...
View ArticleInfographic: 5 Steps To Change How Physicians Help Patients with Their Weight
Primary care clinicians do not have adequate knowledge or training in how to provide minimal treatment or appropriate referrals for patients who are overweight or who have obesity, according to a new...
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