Weight Management & ‘Whole Person’ Health

When health care executives discuss the overlap between behavioral health care, physical health care, and social services, the conversation is often to identify some condition that is equally important to all three disciplines. One condition that can be a large part of those strategies—and one that more specialty provider organizations need to start considering—is obesity.

Obesity is defined in adults as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher; among youth, the definition is statistical and is based on comparison to a reference population. And earlier this year, we looked at how obesity is directly tied to . . .