IN THIS ISSUE Care of Obese Patients Challenges Health Care Providers Primary Care Intervention Helps Overweight Adolescents Search for Cause of Type 2 Diabetes Continues Researchers Investigate New Obesity-related Disease Psychosocial Factors Affect Postpartum Weight Partnership Plans Program to Help Families Get Healthy Task Force Welcomes New Members Fun with Food & Fitness on FoodFit.com Materials From Other Sources Meeting Notes WIN NIDDK
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Dieting and Gallstones. Revised 2002. This 4-page fact sheet explains what gallstones are, their causes, and symptoms. It describes risk factors for developing gallstones, the effect of overweight and dieting on risk, and the safest way to lose weight and decrease risk. The fact sheet examines benefits of losing weight versus risk of developing gallstones, and describes the most common treatments. Available electronically through WINs website at http://win.niddk.nih.gov/. s
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