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Evaluating Weight Control Programs

Find a variety of articles, brochures, and publications to help consumers and professionals alike find their way through the maze of weight and diet claims.

Weight Loss: Weighing the Claims in Diet Ads

Federal Trade Commission; Partnership for Healthy Weight Management.

Popular Diets: a Scientific Review - Executive Summary

North American Association for the Study of Obesity. Obesity Research.

2001 review by USDA, ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center. Full Report in PDF|209 KB.

Should You Believe These Amazing Claims?

Federal Trade Commission.

Popular Diets: Correlation to Health, Nutrition, and Obesity

USDA. Agricultural Research Service.

American Heart Association.

Learning to balance healthy eating and physical activity can help you lose weight more easily and keep it off.

Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program

DHHS. NIH. NIDDK. Weight-control Inf

Fact sheet to help consumer talk their health care professional about weight loss and get the best information before choosing a program.

Weight-loss and Nutrition Myths: How Much Do You Really Know?

DHHS. NIDDK. Weight-control Information Network.

National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research

The mission of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is to accelerate progress in reducing childhood obesity.