Educational Links
In order to fight obesity we need a better understanding of obesity. The causes and practical solutions should be available in order to fight this growing epidemic. To most people, the term "obesity" means to be very overweight. Health professionals define "overweight" as an excess amount of body weight that includes muscle, bone, fat, and water. "Obesity" specially refers to an excess amount of body fat. Some people, such as body builders or other athletes with a lot of muscle, can be overweight without being obese. Educational sites may help as being a source of information for combating this epidemic.
American Obesity Association
The Leading Organization for Advocacy Education on Obesity.
Here you will find what we think is the most comprehensive site on obesity
and overweight on the Internet. Obesity is not a simple condition of
eating too much. It is now recognized that obesity is a serious, chronic
disease. No human condition - not race, religion, gender, ethnicity or
disease state - compares to obesity in prevalence and prejudice,
mortality and morbidity, sickness and stigma.
The Internet Magazine Obesity Online
A multi-disciplinary forum for research and treatment of massive
obesity, including plastics, psychiatry, endo-crinology, nutrition,
nursing, dietetics and allied health.
Obesity Research
A journal published by the North American Association for the
Study of Obesity (NAASO)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NHLBI) Obesity Education initiative Website
Provides education materials on obesity for the general public, obesity
patients, and health professionals.
The WISH Center: Obesity Support
The WISH Center builds patient obesity support, education and
encouragement into comprehensive weight-loss program, both before
and after surgery.
University of Minnesota: Minnesota Obesity Center
The Minnesota Obesity Center is an Obesity Nutrition Research Center
(ONRC) funded by the National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health.
The mission of the Minnesota Obesity Center is to find ways to prevent
weight gain, obesity and its complications.
Overweight and Obesity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Nutrition and Physical Activity Program. Includes topics that provide information about Overweight and Obesity.
Understanding Adult Obesity
The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national service of
the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
of the National Institutes of Health, which is the Federal Government's
lead agency responsible for biomedical research on nutrition and obesity.
Authorized by Congress (Public Law 103-43), WIN provides the general
public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date,
science-based health information on weight control, obesity, physical
activity, and related nutritional issues.
This site is a fact sheet that provides basic information about obesity: What is it? How is it measured? What causes it? What are the health risks? What can you do about it?