Obesity
Other Places To Get Help
Online Resources
Aim for a Healthy Weight National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Web Address: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This section of its Web site provides useful, medically reviewed information about obesity and weight loss.
Partnership for Healthy Weight Management Web Address: www.consumer.gov/weightloss The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management promotes strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. It has produced the “Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services” (available on its Web site), which can help consumers choose weight-loss programs or products.
Weight Loss and Control National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Web Address: www.niddk.nih.gov The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases maintains this section of its Web site to provide reliable information on eating disorders, nutrition, obesity, and treatment for obesity. It includes a section on helping an overweight child.
Organizations
American Society for Bariatric Surgery 100 Southwest 75th Street Suite 201 Gainesville, Florida 32607 Phone: (352) 331-4900 Fax: (352) 331-4975 E-mail: info@asbs.org Web Address: www.asbs.org The American Society for Bariatric Surgery provides information on surgery for obesity, including guidelines for surgery and risks and outcomes of surgery. A body mass index calculator is provided, as well as links to other Web sites and organizations concerned with obesity.
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) P.O. Box 44020 Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4020 Phone: (505) 891-2664 (or check the White Pages for a local number) Fax: (505) 891-4320 E-mail: info@oa.org Web Address: www.oa.org Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a nonprofit international organization that sponsors a 12-step program to help people understand and overcome compulsive eating disorders. OA is not a weight-loss program and makes no claims for weight loss. The program focuses on the psychological and social aspects of overeating.
Shape Up America! P.O. Box 15009 Native Dancer Road North Potomac, MD 20878 Phone: (240) 715-3900 E-mail: info@shapeup.org Web Address: www.shapeup.org Shape Up America! is a national coalition of industry and medical experts in nutrition and fitness. Its goals are to make Americans more aware of the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and to provide information about how to lose weight and stay fit. The organization has published several booklets on weight loss and diet, which can be ordered from the Web site.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) 1 WIN Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3665 Phone: 1-877-946-4627 toll-free Fax: (202) 828-1028 E-mail: win@info.niddk.nih.gov Web Address: http://win.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. WIN supplies information on weight control, obesity, and nutritional disorders for the public and for health professionals.
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| Author: | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS | Last Updated: April 20, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism | |
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