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Healthy Weight Advisory Committee Goals
Established in 2018, the purpose of the Healthy Weight Advisory Committee (HWAC) is to provide expertise and advice to advance and monitor collaborative, sustainable, evidence-based strategies for increasing the number of children at a healthy weight in Missouri.
Goal Increase HWAC’s capacity for planning, evaluating, and communicating priority obesity prevention and treatment initiatives. |
Objectives
Increase workforce capacity to deliver obesity treatments in collaboration with Healthcare Work Group.
Establish and fund Mo Health Net weight management treatment claims analysis.
Define consumer messaging to help families understand value and benefits of healthy weight.
Convene HWAC Advisory Team of private insurers and other relevant partners.
Spark broader uptake of successful approaches to obesity prevention and weight management treatment.
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