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Improving the Weight of the Nation by Engaging the Medical Setting in Obesity Prevention and Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jennifer L. Foltz ,
Brook Belay  and
George L. Blackburn
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Engaging the health care setting at the systems level to support healthy eating and active living and prevent obesity can help address the problem of obesity. A number of key attributes of the clinical realm impacts population-level obesity prevention. Health care facilities serve large groups of people, including patients seen at the medical facility, the family and friends who accompany them for visits, as well as the large number of employees who provide care and service the facilities. Thus, system-level improvements to the health care setting have great potential for large reach and impact. In 2011 there were more than 5,700 hospitals registered with the American Hospital Association, with more than 36 million inpatient admissions in the U.S. Even more medical facilities are included in the reach of clinics and other places providing care. These facilities also have the potential to influence the health of the surrounding community by serving as promoters and models of healthy eating and active living, which may influence good health practices. A health care facility services communities by integrative work in both the primary care and public health domains.

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JLME Supplement
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 41 , Issue S2 , Summer 2013 , pp. 19 - 26
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2013

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