Designing Insurance to Promote Use of Childhood Obesity Prevention Services

• Main Authors: Kimberly J. Rask (Author), Julie A. Gazmararian (Author), Susan S. Kohler (Author), Jonathan N. Hawley (Author), Jenny Bogard (Author), Victoria A. Brown (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Childhood obesity is a recognized public health crisis. This paper reviews the lessons learned from a voluntary initiative to expand insurance coverage for childhood obesity prevention and treatment services in the United States. In-depth telephone interviews were conducted with key informants from...