COVID-19 – ISBNPA https://isbnpa.org Advancing Behavior Change Science Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 https://isbnpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo_ISBNPA_icon-150x150.png COVID-19 – ISBNPA https://isbnpa.org 32 32 SBM initiative urges the US Congress to take measures to support healthy weight status to prevent COVID-19 deaths https://isbnpa.org/news/sbm-initiative-urges-the-us-congress-to-take-measures-to-support-healthy-weight-status-to-prevent-covid-19-deaths/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:12:00 +0000 https://w2.isbnpa.org/?p=6147 ISBNPA supports the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM, https://www.sbm.org) initiative urging the US Congress to take measures to support healthy weight status to prevent COVID-19 deaths

SBM supports increased federal funding for:

1) nutrition assistance programs;

2) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage of telehealth and telephone-delivered obesity prevention and treatment;

3) research to reduce the impact of obesity on COVID-19 deaths.

The brief of this initiative is available HERE.

Please help us disseminate this important initiative by (re)posting on your social media accounts.

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