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Weight and Obesity

Aim for a Healthy Weight coverAim for a Healthy Weight - Information for Health Professionals
DHHS. NHLBI. Obesity Education Initiative.
Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity.

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    Nutrition and Overweight - Healthy People 2010
    Department of Health and Human Services.
    Chapter 19 of the Healthy People 2010 document. Also in PDF|546 KB.
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    Assessment and Management of Overweight and Obese Adult Patients
    DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
    Free continuing education course focused on on health risks, patient assessment, motivation, lifestyle and adjunct therapy and treatment algorithm.
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    Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care
    American Academy of Family Physicians. American Family Physician.
    Pulls together guidelines dealing with childhood and adult obesity from a number of organizations.
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    Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
    American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine.
    Provides recommendations based on a review of the evidence on pharmacologic and surgical treatments of obesity to clinicians caring for obese patients. Includes Summary for Patients resource.
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    Recommendations for Preventing Excess Weight Gain and Obesity  (PDF|723 KB)
    World Health Organization.
    In WHO Technical Report #916: Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Disease, Chapter 2: Population Nutrient Intake Goals for Preventing Diet-related Chronic Diseases, pp. 61-70.
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    The Keystone Forum on Away-From-Home Foods: Opportunities for Preventing Weight Gain and Obesity  (PDF|743 KB)
    The Keystone Center.
    Report, funded by the FDA, provides recommendations from experts in industry, government, civic sector organizations, and academia, for improving consumers' ability to manage calorie intake from foods prepared and purchased away-from-home.
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    Diet in the Prevention and Control of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Type II Diabetes
    American College of Preventive Medicine.
    Position statement of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
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    Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
    DHHS. PHS. Office of the Surgeon General.
    Includes the Surgeon General's report outlining strategies that communities can use in helping to address obesity, fact sheets, and resource links.
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    Research to Practice Series, No. 1: Can eating fruits and vegetables help people to manage their weight?  (PDF|243 KB)
    DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
    Document examines evidence from available studies to determine whether eating fruits and vegetables can help with weight management. Also available is a PowerPoint presentation (PPT|748 KB) for use by health professionals.

    Also available for consumers:
  • How to Use Fruits and Vegetables to Help Manage your Weight or in PDF|706 KB.
  • Spanish version - Las frutas y los vegetales le ayudan a regular su peso (PDF|1.2 MB.)
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    Calories Count - Report of the Working Group on Obesity
    DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
    Final report and recommendations of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Obesity Working Group, February 2004.
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    Obesity, Health Disparities, and Prevention Paradigms: Hard Questions and Hard Choices
    DHHS. CDC. Preventing Chronic Disease Journal.
    Essay by S. Kumanyika, October 2005.
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    Solving the Obesity Conundrum - Is There a Food Solution  (PDF|135 KB)
    Institute of Food Technologists.
    Overview from conference held by the Institute of Food Technologists in February 2004.
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    What Works for Obesity?
    BMJ Publishing Group; United Health Foundation.
    2004 paper summarizing research evidence behind interventions to treat and prevent obesity.
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    Last Modified: Feb 27, 2009  
    Weight and Obesity
      General Information and Resources
      Treatment and Prevention Guidelines
      Evaluating Weight Control Programs
      Practical, Healthy Weight Control
      Adolescent and Childhood Obesity
      Non-Diet Approaches
    See Also
      Obesity Education Initiative
      Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
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