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Dr. Jastreboff Provides Passionate Testimony and Hope for People with Obesity
Source: Yale School of MedicineCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 6Help Improve Access to Obesity Treatment! - 3 year(s) ago
Please join me in contacting your Connecticut State Legislators and asking them to support Senate Bill 1007 which expands access to obesity treatments like bariatric surgery and FDA approved obesity medicaitons.
Source: Obesity Action CoalitionCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Urge Connecticut Legislators to support #SB1007 An Act to have Insurance cover #obesity medications and #bariatricsurgery - weight loss surgery bariatric @ASMBS https://t.co/JT0kDfWnyt
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Mashup Score: 9Access to Obesity Care in Connecticut - ConscienHealth - 3 year(s) ago
Connecticut stands alone in New England with regulations that provides very poor access to obesity care. Patients and providers want change.
Source: ConscienHealthCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Thanks to @ConscienHealth for inviting and editing this guest blog on Access to Obesity Care in #Connecticut - we need our patients to speak up and support #sb1007 a bill for #obesity medications and bariatric surgery - @ConscienHealth https://t.co/bJG0Bk8sSy
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Why do so many people balk at bariatric surgery? Because it’s hard and health systems make it needlessly harder. So health suffers.
Source: ConscienHealthCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Bariatric Surgery Saves Lives, So Why Do People Balk? - the public needs to talk about this problem that is killing people every day #obesity and #bariatricsurgery can save lives @ConscienHealth #sb1007 https://t.co/9ByjKblEpH
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Mashup Score: 0Help Improve Access to Obesity Treatment! - 3 year(s) ago
Please join me in contacting your Connecticut State Legislators and asking them to support Senate Bill 1007 which expands access to obesity treatments like bariatric surgery and FDA approved obesity medicaitons.
Source: Obesity Action CoalitionCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Please tell your #Connecticut senators that Bill #SB1007 can help you to decrease your weight and treat your #obesity or help others. It can reduce the risk of death from #COVID #COVID19 Coronavirus - send a letter today https://t.co/JT0kDfEM9T
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Mashup Score: 1Access to Care Issues - Obesity Action Coalition - 3 year(s) ago
Access & Policy Issues Our community is made up of individuals that believe no matter your weight, size, or economic status, you should have access to science-based treatment and comprehensive care for obesity. The OAC works to help influence government policies, that range from approving treatment options, to improving funding for research. Government policies haveRead Article
Source: Obesity Action CoalitionCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A law to have all insurances in #Conneticut cover bariatric surgery & #obesity medications is possible with YOUR help #SB1007 has passed committee & now must pass appropriations to become voted on PLEASE WRITE LETTERS here’s how https://t.co/a7vgFBNBZL https://t.co/pcBOcREpER
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The link between covid severity and obesity, a new study finds a “dramatic” connection: In countries where more than half the population is overweight, fatality rates are 10 times highe…
Source: Kaiser Health NewsCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#Obesity Is Key Driver Of A Nation’s #Covid Death Toll, Global Study Finds | Kaiser Health News #sb1007 #Connecticut https://t.co/iSq66B2kI4
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The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population. Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic. But there’s one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced more COVID-19 deaths that has largely been ignored because it’s politically incorrect.
Source: Washington ExaminerCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor... and we must start passing legislation which will help prevent further #obesity and treat those with obesity - support Federal #TROA - Treat Obesity Act & in #Connecticut #sb1007 https://t.co/typdU9bvHJ
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Mashup Score: 1Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex - 3 year(s) ago
Background Estimates of health care costs associated with excess weight are needed to inform the development of cost-effective obesity prevention efforts. However, commonly used cost estimates are not sensitive to changes in weight across the entire body mass index (BMI) distribution as they are often based on discrete BMI categories. Methods We estimated continuous BMI-related health care…
Source: journals.plos.orgCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex #US #obesity #cost #sb1007 https://t.co/AwGFzoUWEP
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Mashup Score: 4Neil - 3 year(s) ago
Today I testified in front of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee to support Bill sb1007 An Act To Have Insurance Cover Bariatric Surgery and…
Source: Facebook WatchCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
On March 18 I testified on behalf of #sb1007 A Bill To Have Insurance Cover Bariatric Surgery & Medications for the Treatment of #Obesity - at #CT government- We need to pass this Bill! @MattLesser @eric_berthel @SaudAnwarCT @meskers4gwich @lucydathan https://t.co/nBRNynMqHw https://t.co/cMsLAaMjCb
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Dr. Jastreboff Provides Passionate Testimony and Hope for People with #Obesity < Internal Medicine #SB1007 an explanation of the weight SetPoint @YaleIMed https://t.co/9enwFfEKeZ