Advocacy for patients with obesity
Treating obesity requires a team effort. The following entities are working hard to enact real change.
Your role in helping patients with obesity makes a difference
Health care professionals have traditionally been called upon to advocate on behalf of their patients in need. When it comes to obesity, advocacy needs to go beyond a patient visit. You can help influence policy for health care improvements.
The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA)
The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) is bipartisan legislation that provides Medicare beneficiaries with access to safe, effective, and lifesaving treatments. The bill aims to effectively treat and reduce obesity in older Americans by enhancing the access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care professionals who are best suited to provide intensive behavioral therapy. The act also allows Medicare Part D to cover FDA-approved anti-obesity medications.
We’re doing our part
With strong expertise in chronic disease, including obesity, Novo Nordisk is proud to be a founding partner of National Obesity Care Week, an annual national public awareness and education initiative.
Support for people with obesity
The Obesity Care Advocacy Network (OCAN) is a diverse group of organizations that have come together to change how the obesity epidemic is approached in the US. The network’s mission is to elevate obesity on the national agenda by uniting and aligning obesity stakeholders and the community around key obesity-related efforts.
What you can do
There are many ways to get involved as an individual to educate, support, and advocate for people affected by obesity:
Contact OCAN to advocate for individual patients, reach out to legislators, understand current policy, and more.
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