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• Canadian Obesity Network (CON-RCO)

  http://www.obesitynetwork.ca/
  Canada's largest professional obesity association for health professionals, researchers, policy makers and obesity stakeholders.

• CDC - Overweight and Obesity

  http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html
  This site provides a variety of information designed to help people understand that obesity is a serious health issue and the efforts being made to address it.

• HHMI - The Science of Fat

  http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/science-fat
  Ronald M. Evans and Jeffrey M. Friedman discuss how the body regulates weight by carefully controlling the storage and burning of fat—and how a better understanding of these complex metabolic systems could lead researchers to treatments that curb obesity and improve public health.

• Johns Hopkins - Obesity Economics

  http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/viewCourse/course/obesityecon/coursePage/index/
  Opencourseware teaches the economic approach to evaluating obesity, focusing on attributable health care expenditures, quality adjusted life years, productivity changes, consumer sovereignty, and the incentives and regulations that can be used to change individual adult, parent, and child behavior.

• MayoClinic.com - Obesity

  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/basics/definition/con-20014834
  Overview covers causes, treatment and prevention of this serious health risk.

• MedlinePlus - Obesity

  https://medlineplus.gov/obesity.html
  Definition, illustration, alternative names, considerations, common causes and home care.

• NHS Choices - Obesity

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Obesity/Pages/Introduction.aspx
  Information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, complications and prevention from the British National Health Service.

• NIH - First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines

  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/oberel4f.htm
  Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults reviewed by 115 health experts at major medical and professional societies.

• NIH - Understanding Adult Obesity

  https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/weight-control/understanding/Pages/understanding-adult-overweight-and-obesity.aspx
  An in depth look at this disorder and how it is measured, causes, consequences, treatment, research and additional reading.

• NIH - Weight-control Information Network (WIN)

  http://win.niddk.nih.gov/
  Provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues. U.S. government.

• Web4Health - Articles on Obesity

  http://web4health.info/en/answers/life-obesity-menu.htm
  Advice and articles to help in treatment and management. Includes causes, complications and prevention.

• WebMD - Obesity Directory

  http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/obesity-directory
  Comprehensive coverage of obesity including medical reference, news, pictures and videos.

• WHO - Obesity

  http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/
  Provides links to activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic.

• Wikipedia - Obesity

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity
  Crowdsourced encyclopedia article describes the possible causes and effects of obesity.

• Wikipedia - Overweight

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about having more body fat than is optimally healthy.

 

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