BMJ 2008;336:528-529 (8 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39507.496181.DB
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New commission will look at non-medical ways to improve health of Americans
Bob Roehr
1 Washington, DC
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A new body whose aim is to improve the health of all Americans will focus on non-medical interventions. The Commission to Build a Healthier America, launched in February, is a two year project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the largest charities in the United States.
The national, independent, and non-partisan commission will look at how policies on education, housing, transportation, land use, and other matters affect health and will make recommendations.
"There is a big gap between how healthy we are and how healthy we could be," said Mark McClellan, who co-chairs the commission. "In some respects wealthy Americans appear to be less healthy than middle income citizens in England." Dr McClellan previously ran the Food and Drug Administration and later the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Bush administration.
"Despite spending more on medical care than any other nation, the US ranks at or
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