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| Web Pages |
| Obesity: Is it an Eating Disorder? |
| FAQ provided by the Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. answers questions about definitions of obesity, health risks, weight-loss pills, and what can be done. |
| Excessive Appetite |
| A discussion about small weight losses and gains and setting some goals. |
| Roles of Mental Health Professionals in Multidisciplinary Medically Supervised Treatment Programs for Obesity |
| Paper presenting a case management model, assessment for treatment planning, clinical practice model, and behavioral health treatment options. |
| Association of Morbid Obesity Support |
| Support for bariatric obesity surgery patients and those considering this weight loss procedure. |
| First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines |
| Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults reviewed by 115 health experts at major medical and professional societies. |
| NAASO: The North American Association for the Study of Obesity |
| An interdisciplinary society whose purpose is to develop, extend and disseminate knowledge in the field of obesity. |
| The Complexity of Obesity |
| Discussion of the health, holistic, and other features of this disorder provided by Inner Self magazine. |
| Barbara's Obesity Meds and Research News |
| Plain-language information on obesity medications, weight loss and diet studies written for professionals and patients. |
| The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust |
| Information on the prevention and management of obesity. |
| Uncommon Courage |
| Information on eating disorders, size discrimination toward women and children, bodysize issues, health concerns and support. |
| Obesity Week |
| News and comprehensive information about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of obesity. |
| Donald B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity |
| A Laval University center dedicated to research, communication and education on obesity. |
| Rochester Center for Obesity Research |
| Rochester Hills, Michigan. |
| Obesity and the Zone |
| High carbohydrate diets, avoid illness, the insulin connection, heart disease, aging, food theory, and links. |
| HealthLink MCW |
| An article about the health problems related to severe obesity. |
| Human Choriogonadotropin and Obesity Treatment |
| A discussion about oral administration of Human Choriogonadotropin significantly decreases subcutaneous fat in dieting obese patients. |
| Obesity |
| Definition, causes, dieting, when to see the doctor, medical tests, from Healthanswers.com. |
| Understanding Adult Obesity |
| An in depth look at this disorder and how it is measured, causes, consequences, treatment, research and additional reading. |
| Obesity |
| Key recommendations and advice on choosing a good program to follow. |
| Obesity Overview Articles |
| Obesity has commonly been viewed as the adverse outcome of inappropriate eating and the failure of self discipline on the part of those afflicted. A look at what this really is and some of the causes and different types. |
| Veritas Medicine |
| Clinical trial listings for obesity. Perform a personalized search to find ongoing trials that match your needs. |
| Weight Loss Tips |
| Ten points to help you from Clinical Psychologist, Thomas D. Yarnell, Ph.D. |
| Michael D. Myers M.D. Inc. |
| General background information on obesity. Includes the prevalence, a definition, causes, medical complications and treatments. |
| Health Link MCW |
| An article about the search for genes responsible for human obesity. |
| Lose Weight Gain Health |
| From Roche Pharmaceutical, provides practical advice on healthy eating, diet, obesity and losing weight. |
| Childhood Obesity |
| Find out more about overeating and weight problems in children and how to deal with them. |
| The Scientific Definition of Obesity and its Dangers |
| Prevalence, etiology, complications, and suggested treatments abstracted from the Western Journal of Medicine. |
| Obesity |
| Definition in the Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia. Illustration, alternative names, considerations, common causes, and home care. |
| Surgeon General Asks Communities To Address Obesity |
| Community-based strategies, statistics, costs attributed to overweight and obesity, asthma, Type 2 diabetes, BMI calculator, and comments from the US Surgeon General, David Satcher. |
| WebMD Health |
| Consumer health site, symptoms, causes and treatments, calorie calculator and health toll. |
| Obesidad.net |
| Treat your obesity disease with free weight loss tips, diets and nutrition advice. Ask Dr. Goldberg and health forum. |
| Obesity-diet.com |
| European-based, professional web site dealing with diet and obesity. It is meant for the general public. |
| eMedicine Health - Obesity |
| Consumer health resource center providing an overview of obesity and its causes, symptoms and treatment. |
| Obesity on Medbroadcast.com |
| Classes of obesity and causes in adulthood. |
| WLS Help |
| Dedicated to providing the latest information on obesity, and surgical treatment. Provides online support, advocacy and help for those interested in weight loss surgery |