APPENDIX VII. RESOURCE
LIST
For additional information on
overweight and obesity, and related conditions or diseases, you may wish to
contact the following professional organizations:
The Federal consumer health
information gateway, healthfinder, (www.healthfinder.gov) offers convenient
access to these and many other resources.
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute
Health Information
Network
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301) 592-8573
FAX (301) 592-8565
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov (general NHLBI
site)
- Online publications on blood
pressure, overweight, cholesterol, heart disease, sleep disorders, and
asthma
American Dietetic
Association
216 West Jackson
Boulevard
Chicago, IL
60606-6995
1-800-877-1600
FAX: (312) 899-1979
http://www.eatright.org
- Eat Right America
program
- List of nutrition
resources
- Find a dietitian 1(800)
366-1655
American College of Sports
Medicine
P.O. Box 1440
Indianapolis, IN
46206-1440
(317) 637-9200
FAX: (317) 634-7817
http://www.acsm.org
- Health and Fitness Summit
and Exposition
- National Coalition for
Promoting Physical Activity
- Public
Information
National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
31 Center Drive,
MSC-2560
Building 31, Room
9A-04
Bethesda, MD
20892-2560
(301) 496-3583
FAX: (301) 496-7422
http://www.niddk.nih.gov
- Many online patient
information publications on diabetes
- Many online publications on
nutrition and obesity
WIN - The Weight-Control
Information Network
National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
1 WIN WAY
Bethesda, MD
20892-3665
(301) 570-2177
1-800-WIN-8098
FAX: (301) 570-2186
National Digestive Diseases
Information Clearinghouse (NIDDK)
2 Information Way
Bethesda, MD
20892-3570
(301) 654-3810
FAX: (301) 907-8906
National Kidney and Urologic
Diseases
Information Clearinghouse
(NIDDK)
3 Information Way
Bethesda, MD
20892-3580
(301) 654-4415
FAX: (301) 907-8906
National Diabetes Information
Clearinghouse (NIDDK)
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD
20892-3560
(301) 654-3327
FAX: (301) 907-8906
American Diabetes
Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA
22314
1-800 DIABETES
http://www.diabetes.org
American Cancer
Society
Atlanta, GA
1-800-ACS-2345
http://www.cancer.org
- Dietary guidelines
online
- List of
publications
National Cancer
Institute
Office of Cancer
Communications
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, Room
10A-24
Bethesda, MD 20892
1-800-4-CANCER
(800-422-6237)
http://www.nci.nih.gov
- Many publications online,
including those on nutrition and cancer
National Eating Disorders
Organization
6655 South Yale
Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74136
(918) 481-4044
FAX: (918) 481-4076
http://www.laureate.coml
- Publications
list
- Online descriptive
information
Eating Disorders Awareness
and Prevention, Inc.
603 Stewart Street, Suite
803
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 382-3587
http://www.edap.org/
- Online descriptive
information
- Publications
list
American Anorexia/Bulimia
Association, Inc.
165 West 46th Street
#1108
New York, NY 10036
(212) 575-6200
http://www.aabainc.org
- Online descriptive
information
National Association of
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
P.O. Box 7
Highland Park, IL
60035
(847) 831-3438
FAX: (847) 433-4632
http://www.anad.org/
American Heart
Association
7272 Greenville
Avenue
Dallas, TX
75231-4596
(214) 706-1220
1-800-AHA-USA1
(800-242-8721)
FAX: (214) 706-1341
http://www.americanheart.org
- Publications
list
- Online
information
- Stroke Connection
1-800-553-6321
Hypertension Network,
Inc.
http://www.bloodpressure.com
Weekly research
updates
National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20842
(301) 496-5751
http://www.ninds.nih.gov
- Online publications on
stroke
- Publications
list
National Center on Sleep
Disorders Research
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute
Two Rockledge Centre, Suite
7024
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC
7920
Bethesda, MD,
20892-7920
(301) 435-0199
FAX: (301) 480-3451
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr/index.htm
American Sleep Disorders
Association
1610 14th Street NW, Suite
300
Rochester, MN 55901
(507) 287-6006
Fax: (507) 287-6008
http://www.asda.org
- List of member
centers
- Online descriptive
information
The Sleep Medicine Home
Page
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~thorpy
- List of Internet
resources
- List of centers
Online descriptive
information
National Mental Health
Association
1201 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA
22314-2971
(703) 684-7722
1-800-969-NMHA Information
Center
Fax: (703) 684-5968
http://www.nmha.org
North American Association of
the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
8630 Fenton Street
Suite 412
Silver Spring, MD
20910
(301) 563-6526
Fax: (301) 587-2365
http://www.naaso.org
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