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The national healthcare law requires coverage for preventive services when the effectiveness of those services have been documented by the US Preventive Task Force. All non-grandfathered group health plans including self-funded plans begun after 2010 are required to cover these services.
| United States Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations | ||
| Topic | Description | |
| Obesity screening and counseling: adults | The USPSTF recommends screening all adults for obesity. Clinicians should offer or refer patients with a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher to intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions. | |
| Obesity screening and counseling: children | The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen children age 6 years and older for obesity and offer them or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvement in weight status. | |
| Healthy diet counseling | The USPSTF recommends intensive behavioral dietary counseling for adult patients with hyperlipidemia and other known risk factors for cardiovascular and diet-related chronic disease. Intensive counseling can be delivered by primary care clinicians or by referral to other specialists, such as nutritionists or dietitians. | |