Physician and Patient Resources on Obesity Management and Prevention
AMA Resources:
AMA Healthy Lifestyles: Obesity
AMA Healthy Lifestyles: Childhood Obesity
National Summit on Obesity: Health care professionals gathered for the National Summit on Obesity to discuss the challeges associated with the obesity epidemic.
AMA Healthier LifeSteps Program:
Healthy eating resources and Physical activity resources
AMA-RFS Power Point Presentation: Obesity
Physician Resources
CDC Obesity and Overweight Resources
BMI - Body Mass Index Calculator
Weight-Control Information Network
Up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues
Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
Weight Cycling (Repeated weight loss and regain)
APHA: Obesity Resources
American Public Health Association - Discusses the obesity epidemic along with providing links to multiple tools and action plans to help combat obesity.
Americans In Motion - Healthy Interventions
American Academy of Family Physicians - Continuing medical education, office tools, patient education and more to integrate the AIM-HI approach into practice and community.
Overweight and Obesity: Clinical Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics - Growth charts, care coordination resources, links, guidelines and handouts on childhood obesity
White House Obesity Initiative
Exercise is Medicine
Calling on physicians to assess and review every patient's physical activity level at every visit
California Medical Association Foundation - Toolkits, talking points and powerpoint presentations on obesity
Red Flag Bogus Weight Loss Claims
Red Flag Bogus Weight Loss Claims (Spanish)
Patient Resources:
Weight-Control Information Network
Up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues
Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight Control Glossary
Weight and Waist Measurement: Tools for Adults
Better Health and You: Tips for Adults
Cómo Alimentarse y Mantenerse Activo Durante Toda La Vida
(Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Across Your Lifespan)
Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women
Just Enough For You: About Food Portions
Physical Activity and Weight Control
Bariatric Surgery for Severe Obesity
Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity
Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents
Energy Density and Weight Loss: Feel Full on Fewer Calories
Overweight and Obesity: Patient and Family Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics - Links to books, brochures and fact sheets for parents and caregivers
APHA: Obesity Resources
Discusses the obesity epidemic along with providing links to multiple tools and action plans to help combat obesity.
What are Overweight and Obesity?
Aim for a Health Weight
Contains practical, easy-to-use information for losing and maintaining weight, including tips on health eating and physical activity, setting weight loss goals, and rewarding success. Also includes portion and serving size information, sample reduced calorie menus, tips on dining out, a sample walking program, and a weekly food and activity diary.
CDC Obesity and Overweight Resources
BMI - Body Mass Index Calculator
American Heart Association - Links to information on dietary fats, healthy recipes, nutrition facts, diet recommendations, and grocery shopping. Also links to an overview of the American Heart Associatiion's No-Fad Diet book and related information.
Lose Weight the Healthy Way
American Institute for Cancer Research - Three-step approach to losing weight and serving size finder to help control portion sizes
National Women's Health Information Center - Health effects of being overweight or obese and gives tips for improving diet and increasing physical activity. Also discusses surgical options for weight loss and how to keep children healthy.
Shape Up!
Shape Up America! Health Weight for Life - Aims to raise obesity awareness and provide information for healthy weight management. Provides links to allow users to assess their activity level, flexibility, and endurance, as well as links to other topic areas including "Breakfast Benefits," "Cyberkitchen," and "10,000 Steps."
Weight Management - Strategies for Success
American Dietetic Association - Detail five common sense ways to manage weight for long-term success
America On the Move
Allows users to keep track of their physical activity (steps) and dietary progress.
Healthy Dining Finder
Searches for healthier meals at restaurants ranging from fast food to fine dining. Corresponding nutrition information such as calories, fat, and sodium is also provided.
How Active Are You? Determines a targeted calorie intake determined by a person's gender, age, height, weight and activity level.
Drawing the Line on Calories, Carbs, and Fats
Allows users to track food intake and exercise by connecting a series of dots ("drawing the line"), rather than writing down all foods eaten.
Losing Weight Safely (Spanish)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - How to lose weight safely, warns about diets that promise quick and easy weight loss, discusses use of diet pills, and provides questions to ask before signing up for a weight loss program
Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids: A Nutrition and Activity Guide for Parents
American Dietetic Association - Guide for parents on how to make healthy eating and physical activity a part of daily life. Discusses realistic goals for parents concerned about their child's weight
Understanding Child Obesity
Defines childhood obesity and explains potential causes of childhood obesity. Also highlights prevention and treatment measures.
Your Child's Weight
Help Your Child with Successful Weight Management
Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Nutrition Research Center - Reviews components of overweight, family strategies to promote healthy eating, and guidelines for lifetime weight management. Also available in Spanish.
Statistics
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Nutrition Insight 33, June 2006.
The Contribution of Expanding Portion Sizes to the US Obesity Epidemic Lisa R. Young, PhD, RD and Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH American Journal of Public Health, 92(2):246-250, 2002.
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)
Summarized the true costs of super sizing portions and focuses on the fact that bigger is not necessarily better.
Overweight and Obesity: Economic Consequences
DHHS, CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Provides data on direct and indirect financial cost of overweight and obesity at the State and National levels.
American Heart Association - Overweight and obesity statistics
Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity
NIDDK, Weight-control Information Network - Statistics related to the prevalence, economic costs, and health related risks of overweight and obesity.
