Related Resources

The treatment, management and prevention of obesity and associated comorbidities extend well beyond the population health improvement community. Academic institutions, physicians, non-profit organizations, health plans, employers and obesity-focused coalitions and organizations are all devoting resources to obesity, as well. The links below are intended to provide a sampling of work being conducted on various fronts in obesity, as well as to supplement the information provided in the Obesity Resource Center.

Government:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Overweight and Obesity area of CDC site contains a rich collection of documents and links.

• CDC's LEAN Works!—identifies science-based interventions that work to prevent and control obesity and provides the tools that employers need to take action. The Web site provides a variety of resources to employers including an obesity cost-calculator where employers can input employee demographic data to estimate the total costs associated with obesity and determine annual obesity-related medical costs for their companies.

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Weight-control Information Network

National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus Obesity

Obesity Education Initiative
Another resource of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 103 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Small Step Web site.

National Cancer Institute Research-tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs) for Diet/Nutrition
RTIPs is a database of actual programs and products that you can adapt for your own use.

Organizations:

American Diabetes Association

American Heart Association Overweight and Obesity Page

American Dietetic Association

Association for the Study of Obesity

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

American Society of Bariatric Physicians

European Association for the Study of Obesity

International Association for the Study of Obesity

National Obesity Forum

Obesity in America.org

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance

The Endocrine Society

The Obesity Society

Wellness.com

World Health Organization