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Healthy Weight Committee
Contact information
Chair: Tom
Peterson, MD, FAAP
616-391-7848
Background
The MIAAP Healthy Weight
committee is dedicated to help all pediatric providers to improve
their assessment, treatment and overall prevention
of childhood overweight and obesity. The committee provides
information to MIAAP members about the problem in Michigan, opportunities
for continuing education, and is a forum for policy advocacy at
the state level. Members of this committee actively participate
in state coalitions to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, including
Healthy Kids, Healthy Michigan. Our goal is to provider
office-based expertise for all pediatric providers to learn from,
including what is unique or specific for Michigan physicians such
as local resources, state specific reimbursement information,
and Michigan legislative opportunities and updates.
The MIAAP supports
the American Academy of Pediatric (AAP) National Policy statement
about obesity:
The American Academy of Pediatrics is dedicated
to the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. The AAP
has created a website to bring awareness to the serious health problem of childhood overweight
and obesity; empower pediatricians and families to take action
in their homes, offices and communities to prevent childhood
obesity; and to support pediatricians, families and community
advocates in improving the health status of those children who
are already overweight and obese. (www.aap.org/obesity/index.html)
Obesity: A Childhood Health Crisis in Michigan
- 1 in 4 adolescents is overweight or obese
- Low income and minority populations are disproportionately
affected
- 70-80% of obese children become obese adults (Michigan adults
have the 10th highest rate of obesity in the country)
- Obesity is associated with physical, psychosocial,
and economic consequences
- 25% of U.S. health care costs are related to obesity and
physical inactivity (Anderson, et al 2005)
- Between 1979 -1999, obesity associated hospital costs for
children tripled from $35- $127 million (Wang and Dietz,
2002)
- Physical inactivity costs $128 per person (Garrett, 2004)
- Adult Obesity costs $2.9 billion in Michigan (BRFS 2005)
- Each obese adult costs the healthcare system $1,429 (Finklestein
et al, 2009)
- Obesity costs the US healthcare system an extra
$147 billion per year (CDC, MMWR Recommendations,
2009)
Source: Healthy Kids, Healthy
Michigan Project (www.hkhm.wetpaint.com)
Resources for MIAAP Members
- 2010 Healthy Weight Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Conference on Childhood Obesity Management for the
Primary Care Provider
- PowerPoint webinar training
- Encounter Forms for obesity office visits
- Michigan based billing and reimbursement information
- Medicaid white paper on reimbursement
- Michigan prevention 5-2-1-0 messaging
Activities/Actions
- Education- Regional training, annual
obesity summit, webinars
- Advocacy- The MIAAP is partnering with the Healthy Kids Healthy
Michigan Coalition on a series of policy issues including
- SB 0282-2007: Physical education
requirement of 30 minutes 2 days per week for grades K-5 (www.michiganlegislature.org)
- SB 05058-2007: Physical education
requirement of 45 minutes per school day and 225 minutes of
health education each week. (www.michiganlegislature.org)
- BMI surveillance proposal for MCIR
- Medicaid Coverage of childhood obesity — see
Medicaid coding letter from Michigan Department of Community
Health (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/L-09-15-Obesity_Outreach_285374_7.pdf)
- Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium Guideline
on Treatment of Childhood Overweight and Obesity June 2008 (www.mqic.org)
Compete Issue Briefs are available at:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/Issues_Package_2_20_09_FINAL_268471_7.pdf
Links to minutes
MIAAP Healthy Weight Committee 12-02-09
MIAAP Healthy Weight Committee 9-15-009
MIAAP Healthy Weight Committee 6-25-09
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