Resources

• Active at Any Size (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Adult Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Aim For A Healthy Weight! - NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight: Key Recommendations (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• American Obesity Association
• Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• BMI for Children and Teens (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Body Mass Index (Cleveland Clinic)
• Body Mass Index Chart (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Bullying and Overweight and Obese Children (Nemours Foundation)
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Cómo Alimentarse y Mantenerse Activo Durante Toda la Vida: Cómo ayudar a su hijo (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Check Your Physical Activity & Heart Disease I.Q. (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Childhood Obesity on the Rise (Office of the Director)
• Childhood Obesity: Parenting Advice (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Citing "Dangerous Increase" in Deaths, HHS Launches New Strategies Against Overweight Epidemic (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Obesity (National Institutes of Health)
• Curbing Childhood Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Cut Down on Fat - Not on Taste! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Defining Overweight and Obesity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Disability Due to Obesity (American Obesity Association)
• Discrimination: Employment (American Obesity Association)
• Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight? (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Eating Food Away from Home Contributes to Excess Weight in Many School-Age Kids (Nemours Foundation)
• Eating Healthy Starts with Healthy Food Shopping (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Eating Healthy with Ethnic Food (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Embrace Your Health! Lose Weight if You Are Overweight (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Emotional Weight: How to Cope (Cleveland Clinic)
• Excess Body Weight and Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury Requiring Mechanical Ventilation (American College of Physicians)
• Factors Contributing to Obesity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Family Shapedown to Shape Up (Cleveland Clinic)
• FASTATS: Overweight Prevalence (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Fat and Calories (Cleveland Clinic)
• Fighting Back Against Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Find a Nutrition Professional (American Dietetic Association)
• Find a Physician (Bariatric Medicine) (American Board of Bariatric Medicine)
• Gastric Bypass Procedure: Questions and Answers (Cleveland Clinic)
• Gastric Surgery for Severe Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Genes of the Renin-Angiotensin System and the Development of Obesity in Men (American College of Physicians)
• Health Implications of Obesity (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Health Insurance Coverage for Obesity (American Obesity Association)
• Health Report Cards Help Increase Parent Awareness of Children's Weight Problems (Nemours Foundation)
• HealthierUS.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Hearts N' Parks (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Helping Your Overweight Child (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Hormones and Obesity (Hormone Foundation) - Links to PDF File - English and Spanish material
• Improving Nutrition and Increasing Physical Activity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Interactions Between Parents and Kids May Contribute to Overweight in Children (Nemours Foundation)
• Interactive Menu Planner (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Procedure (Cleveland Clinic)
• Lose Weight and Keep it Off (Cleveland Clinic)
• Losing Weight: Start By Counting Calories (Food and Drug Administration, HHS)
• Making Weight Control a Family Affair Benefits Overweight Kids (Nemours Foundation)
• Medical Care for Obese Patients (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Healthy Weight, Overweight, and Obesity Among U.S. Adults (National Center for Health Statistics) - Links to PDF File
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• New Data Available That Show Relationship Between Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Disease (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative (OEI) (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• NIH Releases Research Strategy to Fight Obesity Epidemic (National Institutes of Health)
• Nutrition and Obesity Organizations (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Obesity (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Obesity (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Obesity (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
• Obesity (Medline Plus)
• Obesity (HealthWorld)
• Obesity (National Institutes of Health)
• Obesity (HealthWorld)
• Obesity (University of Maryland Medical Center)
• Obesity (Google Health)
• Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Obesity (MayoClinic)
• Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Obesity and Acute Mountain Sickness (American College of Physicians)
• Obesity and Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
• Obesity and Cancer
• Obesity and Genetics: What We Know, What We Don't Know and What It Means (National Center for Environmental Health)
• Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective (Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention)
• Obesity Can Be Harmful to Your Child’s Mental Health; Research Shows Significant Risks, Impacts (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF File
• Obesity Costs States Billions in Medical Expenses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Obesity in Children (Cleveland Clinic)
• Obesity Medications (Cleveland Clinic)
• Obesity Still on the Rise, New Data Show (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Obesity Trends: Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults, Region and State (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Obesity [Easy-to-Read] (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight-Control Glossary (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Other Health Issues (National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), SAMSHA, HHS)
• Overview of Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Overweight and Obesity: A Major Public Health Issue (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Communication Support Center, OPHS, OS, HHS)
• Overweight and Obesity: Frequently Asked Questions (Division of Oral Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Overweight, Obesity Threaten U.S. Health Gains (Food and Drug Administration)
• Physical Activity and Good Nutrition: Essential Elements to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Portion Distortion! Do You Know How Food Portions Have Changed in 20 Years? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Preguntas frecuentes - Obesidad (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Preguntas Frecuentes Acerca de los Problemas Médicos de las Mujeres Estadounidenses de Origen Hispano (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults Aged 20 Years and Over: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Preventing Obesity and Chronic Diseases Through Good Nutrition and Physical Activity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Prevention of Breast CancerPrevention - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
• Questions About Weight Control (Cleveland Clinic)
• Questions and Answers About Safety of Phenylpropanolamine (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
• Sensible Approaches to Children's Weight Problems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Shaping Up After Bariatric Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
• Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Stay Active and Feel Better! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Surgical Options for Severe Obesity (Cleveland Clinic)
• Tax Breaks for Obesity (American Obesity Association)
• The Pima Indians: Obesity and Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS)
• U.S. Teens More Overweight Than Youth in 14 Other Countries (National Institutes of Health)
• Understanding Adult Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Very Low Calorie Diets (Cleveland Clinic)
• Very Low-Calorie Diets (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Watch Your Weight! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Weight (Cleveland Clinic)
• Weight Control and Obesity (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
• Weight Control: Eating Right and Keeping Fit (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Weight Cycling (Cleveland Clinic)
• Weight Cycling (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Weight Loss (Cleveland Clinic)
• Weight Loss and Dieting (Medline Plus)
• Weight Loss May Help Obese Women Breathe Easier: Obese Patients May Be Misdiagnosed with Asthma (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Weight Loss Resources (Cleveland Clinic)
• Weight Loss Surgery (Medline Plus)
• Weight-Control Information Network (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• WIN Notes (NIDDK Weight-control Information Network)
• WISEWOMAN: Improving the Health of Uninsured Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Working with Your Doctor to Overcome Overweight and Obesity (American Academy of Family Physicians)