Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield to Cover Select Services to Prevent and Treat Obesity.

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New preventive health coverage effective January 2006

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Obesity has emerged as one of the nation's top health threats with two-thirds of American adults considered overweight. Of those, a third is obese, or more than 30 pounds above their recommended weight. Even more alarming, a 2004 Highmark review of member medical records showed that 39 percent of youth aged two to 18 are overweight, and national data indicate prevalence has nearly tripled...

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