{"id":17463,"date":"2021-01-08T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17463"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:07:30","slug":"just-released-new-overweightobesity-guidelines-up-to-date-guidance-will-help-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17463","title":{"rendered":"Just released: New overweight\/obesity guidelines Up-to-date guidance will help Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.blog.va.gov)<\/p>\n<p>Forty-one percent of Veterans receiving care from VA have obesity. The Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity provides clear and comprehensive evidence-based recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a brand new eight-page booklet right here that can help bring that number down.<\/p>\n<p>The updated guidelines describe the critical decision points in the Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity. It provides clear and comprehensive evidence-based recommendations to inform weight management practices throughout the DoD and VA Health Care systems.\u00a0 Continue reading blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/83017\/just-released-overweight-obesity-guidelines\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16129\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point--300x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point--300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point-.png 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.blog.va.gov) Forty-one percent of Veterans receiving care from VA have obesity. The Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17464,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17463\/revisions\/17464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}