The Partnership subscribes to the following principles.

Organizations

American Association of Lifestyle Counselors, Dallas, TX

American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL

American Obesity Association, Washington, D.C.

American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Bethesda, MD

American Society of Bariatric Physicians, Englewood, CO

American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Gainesville, FL

The Center for Bariatric Medicine, Roanoke, VA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Chapman & Company, Charlottesville, VA

Comprehensive Weight Control, Rockville, MD

Council on Size & Weight Discrimination, Mt. Marion, NY

Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Heath, Bethesda, MD

eDiets.com, Deerfield Beach, FL

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, DC

The George Washington University Obesity Management Program, Washington, D.C.

Health Management Resources, Boston, MA

Jenny Craig, Inc., Del Mar, CA

Knoll Pharmaceutical Company, Mt. Olive, NJ

Lindora Medical Clinics, Costa Mesa, CA

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Nutrition, Baltimore, MD

Medical University of South Carolina Weight Managemant Center, Charleston, SC

Metyroplex Health and Nutrition Services, Inc., Washington, DC

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

The New York Obesity Research Center, New York, NY

North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Silver Spring, MD

Novartis Nutrition Corporation, St. Louis Park, MN

Shape Up America!, Bethesda, MD

Slim-Fast Foods Company, West Palm Beach, FL

Society for Nutrition Education, Bethesda, MD

Tanita Corporation of America, Arlington Heights, IL

The Theodore VanItallie Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

University of Colorado, Center for Human Nutrition, Denver, CO

U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Washington, D.C.

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Woodbury, NY

Wheat Foods Council, Parker, CO

Individuals

Richard Atkinson, M.D., American Obesity Association

George Blackburn, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Goulda A. Downer, Ph.D., R.D., LN, CNS, Metroplex Health and Nutrition Services, Inc., Washington, D.C.

Arthur Frank, M.D., The George Washington University Obesity Management Program

Robert Kushner, M.D., Northwestern University

Wayne C. Miller, The George Washington University Medical Center

Barbara Moore, Ph.D., Shape Up America!

Patrick M. O=Neil, Ph.D, Medical University of South Carolina Weight Magement Center

Judith S. Stern, Dr. Sc., Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis

Theresa Trick, R.N., Erie, PA

Peter D. Vash, M.D., Lindora Medical Clinics

Rhonda Vaughn, RD, LDN, CDE, The Nutrition Edge, Greensboro, NC

Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Weight and Eating Disorders Program

Roland Weinsier, M.D., Dr. P.H., Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lynda C. Wessel, Chapman & Company