This week, the Forum for Health Behavior Change: Connecting Health Care to Healthy Choices, took place in Washington, D.C. The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, in partnership with the American Heart Association and the National Business Group on Health, hosted the event to connect health care to healthy choices.
The objective of the forum was to advise health care organizations about how they can support lifestyle changes in clinical and community settings to foster healthier eating and more physical activity. Featured speakers included Raymond Baxter, Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy at Kaiser Permanente; BJ Fogg, PhD, Founder & Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University and Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These speakers addressed the topic of behavior change and provided expert insight into how to prioritize limited resources for the greatest impact on healthy lifestyles, and to combat the obesity epidemic.
In this video, CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, talks about the role of health behavior change in the Million Hearts Campaign.
Stay tuned for more on the Forum, including interviews with presenters.
