By Monica E. Oss I’ve been working a lot with new models for “whole person care,” with a particular focus on managing multiple chronic conditions and providing needed social supports for that process. One question that always comes up is what is the most prevalent chronic disease? One study (see Identifying The Most Prevalent & Costly Chronic Conditions In Medicaid), found that more than half of Medicaid beneficiaries  have one or more chronic condition. The prevalence rates for specific chronic conditions ranged from 17.2% to 27.4% for hypertension; 5% to 22.3% for depression; and 7.5% to 12.7% for diabetes. However, the recent data on the increase in obesity in the U.S. population made me think that…