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Nutrition & Obesity Publications
Resource Notes
Weight Loss for Life. 1998.
This booklet describes the different types of weight-loss programs and important elements
of a weight-loss plan, including good nutrition, physical activity, and behavior change.
Available in hard copy from WIN or electronically through WIN's website at www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm.
This fact sheet on medications that promote weight loss has been updated to include information about sibutramine (Meridia®). Sibutramine was approved by the FDA in November 1997 for the treatment of obesity. Available in hard copy from WIN or electronically through WIN's website at www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm.
Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity.
Revised March 1998.