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More Than Half of Californians in HMOs are Overweight or Obese
Publication Date: July 2005
Publisher(s): UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Author(s): Nayalya Mostovskaya; Dylan H. Roby; Gerald F. Kominski
Funder(s): California. Office of the Patient Advocate
Funder(s): California. Office of the Patient Advocate
Topic: Health (Diseases and disorders)
Health (Preventive health services)
Keywords: HMO; obesity; overweight
Type: Brief
Abstract:
More than 5 million Californians enrolled in HMOs (over 50% of enrollees aged 12-64) are overweight or obese. This policy brief categorizes private HMO enrollees into the seven major health plans operating in California, and provides overweight and obesity prevalence data for each health plan. In addition, the brief also reports the proportion of overweight and obese for each health plan among different age groups and races/ethnicities. Despite controlling for these racial/ethnic differences and age, overweight and obesity proportions still differed among enrollees in the seven major health plans operating in the state.