This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

A new definition of obesity endorsed by 76 health organizations could dramatically increase the number of Americans considered obese, researchers said.

Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) can focus our attention and propel needed action to improve total population health, the authors argue. Neither care delivery nor public health systems have grappled ...

The US population has gotten older in the past two decades, with more aging adults and fewer children under the age of 5, new Census Bureau data reveals. From 2000 to 2020, baby boomers and ...

Anti-LGBTQI+ public policies overwhelmingly target youth and young adults, disrupting access to educational opportunities, social support, and health care services. Pro-LGBTQI+ policies such as ...