新聞選輯:How to Care for Obesity: 5 Actions for Older Adults

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Healthy Weight for Older Adults
How to Care for Obesity: 5 Actions for Older Adults
Feb 15, 2022
Dorothea Vafiadis
Director of NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging

Key Takeaways
People of every size deserve dignity, respect, and safe and affordable access to the full continuum of obesity care.

Living with obesity can put you at risk for a number of chronic diseases, from heart problems to type 2 diabetes.

For National Obesity Care Week (February 27 to March 5), we're encouraging older adults living with obesity to educate others about this chronic condition and to learn how to be your own advocate.

Nearly 100 million Americans are living with obesity, including 43% of adults over age 60. And the rate of this chronic condition isn't subsiding, in fact, it's increasing. Obesity is linked to more than 200 serious health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and strokes, as well as a leading comorbidity for serious cases of COVID-19.

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