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| Adult definition of overweight, obese |
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Overweight: 25-29.9 BMI
Obese: BMI of 30 or greater |
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| Child definition of overweight, obese |
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Overweight: greater than/= to 85%-95%
Obese: greater than/= to 95% percentaile |
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| What are the medical and social costs of obesity? |
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Medical: $147 billion, patients spend $1,429 more for their medical care 42% higher
Social: Overall quality of life, prejudice, discrimination, low self-esteem, depression |
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| Modifiable risk factors with obesity prevention and treatment |
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| Physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, stress |
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| What federal agencies are addressing the obesity epidemic and what programs are in what agency? |
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Federal Gov't: HP2020, Let's Move!
DHHS: CDC division of nutrition
NIH: We Can
USDA: Food and nutrition service; school lunch, SNAP, WIC
Federal Trade Commission
Dep't of Transportation |
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Term
| What are some of the environments that can be regulated, what do they include? |
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Definition
Food environment
school environment
worksite environment
Build environment
Preschools |
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Term
| Private Insurance: Traditional fee for service |
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Definition
| the health care provider charges a fee for each service |
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| Private insurance: managed care: HMO |
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Definition
| health maintenance org.-- physicians share a practice, you can only go to a doctor in your HMO but most services are prepaid |
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| Private insurance: managed care: PPO |
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Definition
| Preferred provider organization - group of physicians and doctors who contract with insurance company to provide a fee for service at a discounted rate |
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| Public insurance: Medicare vs Medicaid |
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Definition
| Medicare serves people 65 and older, people with end-stage renal disease, those on SS disability for 2 years and retired railroad and merchant seaman. Medicaid provides medical care for eligible low income persons, certain low income preg women & children, aged/blind and people with disabilities, members of families with dependent children in which one parent is absent, incapacitated or unemployed |
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Definition
| Insurance benefits for hospital care, skilled nursing facility and some health (based on DRGs) |
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| optional insurance wiht supplemental insurance benefits |
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Term
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| Children's Health insurance program: Targets uninsured children whose parents earn too much for Medicaid but can't afford health insurance. It is a partnership between federal and state |
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| Health Dollar Chart: Where were the major dollars spent? |
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Term
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(47.3 million)
- individuals below poverty level: $23,050 annual household income
- Low-income working families, often not offered coverage by their employers
- young adults (19-25)
- Hispanic origin at most risk |
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-48.6 million w no insurance
-access to health care is often dependent on a patient's insurance status and policy
-current system of coverage is not flexible
-both medicare and medicaid are fiscally unsustainable |
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Term
| Key components of the affordable healthcare act |
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Definition
- $250 medicare drug cost rebate
- expanded coverage for young adults
- small business tax credits
- preexisting condition insurance plans
- requires all americans to have insurance or be fined |
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Term
| Nutrition as a component of the reform: what broad scale things are happening? |
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Definition
Restaurant menu labeling requirement
Home health programs
Child Nutrition
Healthy aging |
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Term
| What are things that can help people get access to a dietitian because of the healthcare reform? |
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Definition
| Removal of barriers to preventative services in medicare, deductible waived for some MNT services |
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Term
| How has the cost effectiveness of nutrition services been well documented? |
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Definition
| obesity, diabetes, prenatal care, burns |
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Term
| What are the HP2020 goals for food security? |
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Definition
Reduce household food insecurity and in doing so reduce hunger
eliminate very low food security among children |
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Term
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| access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life |
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Term
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| limited or uncertain ability to acquire or consume an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways |
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Term
| Define food insecurity with hunger |
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Definition
| involuntary hungry that results from not being able to afford enough food |
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Term
| Food security status of US households in 2012 |
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Definition
80% secure
20% insecure: adults only (10%)
10% insecure: adults and children > low food security among kids is 8.8%, very low food security among kids is 1.2% |
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Term
| Who are the food insecure? |
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Definition
the poor, the working poor, the young, low-income women, ethnic minorities, older adults
inner ciry and rural dwellers, certain southern and western states, farmers, homeles |
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Term
| National comparisons of food insecurity: geographical regions |
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Western: CA, NV above average
Mid: TX, AR, MO, MS above average
East: AL, GA, SC OH above average
Below average: northern midwest, northeast |
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Term
| What deferal dept is responsible for managing the programs? |
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| What are some of the federal assistance programs? |
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Definition
| SNAP, Commodity supplemental food program, school lunch, WIC, elderly nutrition program, family nutrition program |
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Term
| What is community food security? |
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Definition
- build and enhance local infrastructures to reduce hunger and food insecurity
- strengthen federal food and nutrition safety net
- Bolster supplemental food provided by nonprofit groups by assisting local food recovery, gleaning and donation efforts |
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| What are some strategies to improve food security? |
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Definition
Farmers markets
community-supported agriculture programs
farm to school initiatives
community gardens
food recovery and gleaning programs |
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