Learn About Overweight and Obesity: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
If you are not physically active every day, you are at risk for becoming overweight or obese--especially if you are not eating a healthy diet. If you are overweight or obese, you are at a higher risk ... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Watch Your Weight: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Staying at a healthy weight can help prevent diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and disability.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Active at Any Size
Very large people face special challenges in trying to be active. If you are a very large person, you can still be physically active. This booklet provides information to help you start being more act... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Aim for A Healthy Weight!: Information for Patients and the Public
These guidelines from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute present a new approach for the assessment of overweight and obesity and establish principles of safe and effective weight loss. Calc... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
At A Glance 2007 — Physical Activity and Good Nutrition: Essential Elements to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Obesity
Chronic diseases accounted for 5 of the leading 6 causes of disease in 2002 in the United States. Physical inactivity and unhealthy eating contribute to obesity and a number of chronic diseases, inclu... Details >
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Body Fat Lab 
At this interactive web site you can learn more about your percent body fat and the role it plays in your overall health. You can calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) online.... Details >
Shape Up America! |
Calculate Your Body Mass Index
Calculate your body mass index at this site by inserting your weight in pounds and selecting your height. Click on the "compute" button to get the results.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Childhood Obesity Prevention Campaign
Teaching kids the importance of eating well and being physically active at a young age is crucial to reversing the trend of childhood obesity in this country. Visit this page to learn about the Childh... Details >
Advertising Council, Inc. |
Childhood Obesity: Prevention
Behaviors involving physical activity and nutrition are the cornerstone of preventing obesity in children and adolescents. Families and schools are the two most critical links in providing the foundat... Details >
American Obesity Association |
Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program
This consumer information booklet highlights the elements of a weight-loss program a consumer should look for in order to properly judge its safety and potential for success.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
A guideline for physicians that presents a new approach for the assessment of overweight and obesity and establish principles of safe and effective weight loss. It includes a 10-step plan and a quick ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
This guide can help you lose weight safely and develop a healthier lifestyle that will reduce your chances of developing serious health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer associated ... Details >
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
FDA Receives Keystone Forum Report on Away-From-Home Foods
This news release announces a report produced for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that offers recommendations to improve the ability of consumers to manage calorie intake from foods prepared an... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
For Kids: Alliance for a Healthier Generation
This site provides interactive games, flyers of information available for print, and clips intended for kids to prevent obesity and maintain a healthy lifestyle. ... Details >
Alliance for a Healthier Generation |
For Parents: The Alliance for a Healthier Generation
This site provides obesity prevention tools and resources for parents to use on the front lines--when eating out, at home, at school, and at the doctor's. ... Details >
Alliance for a Healthier Generation |
For Teens: Alliance for a Healthier Generation
This site contains valuable information intended for kids nationwide to make healthy lifestyle choices; provides information on foods that are good and taste good, ideas to get involved in the issue a... Details >
Alliance for a Healthier Generation |
Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity: Electronic Textbook
This electronic textbook allows easy access to information contained in The Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Repor... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Healthy People 2010 Nutrition and Overweight Objectives
Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish na... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Helping Your Overweight Child
Healthy eating and physical activity habits are key to your child's well-being. Eating too much and exercising too little can lead to overweight and related health problems that can follow children in... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Information about Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
This web site provides links to information about obesity and weight loss provided by CFSAN, other Federal government agencies and non-government agencies.... Details >
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative: Guide to Behavior Change
If you are overweight, these behavioral changes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will reduce your risk for some health problems that affect the heart, lungs and joints, as well as so... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Obesity Action Coalition (OAC ) News
This site provides a link to the Obesity Action Coalition's quarterly educational and advocacy newsletter. The newsletter features different articles and stories on obesity-related topics, all of whic... Details >
Obesity Action Coalition |
Obesity Prevention Campaign
"Being Healthy" can be perceived as a daunting task that requires too much sacrifice, with little immediate reward. Visit this page to learn about the Obesity Prevention campaign launched in March 200... Details >
Advertising Council, Inc. |
Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight-control Glossary
This glossary defines words that are often used when people talk or write about obesity, physical activity, and weight control. It is written for people who are overweight or obese, or interested in l... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity
This guide will explain how overweight and obesity is assessed in adults and children and provide a basis for you to identify professional resources in your community that you can reasonably expect to... Details >
Shape Up America! |
Preventing Childhood Obesity
Also available in: Chinese-Traditional
Many cultures hold the belief that being overweight is a sign of health and wealth. The reality is, being overweight or obese increases a person’s risk of many chronic diseases, and children are no ex... Details >
Chinese Community Health Resource Center |
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
The report provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social, environmental, and dietary factors responsible for it... Details >
Institute of Medicine, The National Academies |
Success Stories: TOPS Club, Inc.
This site provides information on how to take off weight sensibly towards a healthy lifestyle for the general public, thus avoiding many health risks.... Details >
TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) |
Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
This report outlines strategies that communities can use in helping to address the problems of overweight and obesity. Options include requiring physical education at all school grades, providing more... Details >
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
The Elders’ Obesity Challenge
This study discusses the prevalence of obesity in Native American elders as well as obesity prevention.... Details >
National Resource Center on Native American Aging |
Toolkit for Intervention of Overweight Children and Adolescents
Overweight and obesity is one of the most serious health concerns facing our nation. Before a new generation of kids inherits the dangerous consequences of poor diet and physical inactivity, we must a... Details >
American Public Health Association |
Understanding Obesity
This site provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about obesity; includes information about the causes, who is affected, the difference between overweight and obese, and more. ... Details >
Obesity Action Coalition |
Watch Your Weight
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-si... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Weight and Waist Measurement: Tools for Adults
Health care providers use body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference measures to assess a person's risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, or other health problems. This fact sheet tells you ho... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Weight -control Information Network (WIN)
The Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) is a national source of information on weight control, obesity, and weight-related nutritional disorders for health professionals and the public.... Details >
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
Weight Wellness Profile
Knowing your weight wellness profile can help you take action to modify your weight properly and improve your health. This profile is designed to encourage discussion with a medical professional.... Details >
American Obesity Association |
What's important about elderly women's fat? Amount or location?
For elderly women, the location of excess fat may be more important for their cardiovascular health than overall obesity.... Details >
American Heart Association |