Health Organizations
(in alphabetical order) |
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| American Obesity
Association |
Encouraging efforts to prevent obesity, especially in children. |
| American Society
of Bariatric Physicians |
A medical specialty society of physicians who treat overweight,
obesity and associated conditions. |
| Centers for Disease
Control |
U.S. government agency promoting health and quality of life by preventing
and controlling disease, injury, and disability. |
| Partnership
for Healthy Weight Management |
A coalition of U.S. government, science, healthcare and commercial
organizations, promoting the achievement and maintenance of a healthy
weight. |
| Weight-control
Information Network |
As part of NIH, WIN produces, collects, and disseminates materials
on obesity, weight control, and nutrition. |
| World Health Organization |
International organization with the objective of attaining the highest
possible level of health for all peoples. |
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Health News Sites
(in alphabetical order) |
Tip: Look for an "obesity" section or search for keywords
like "body fat" or "body composition." |
| AmericasDoctor.com |
Medical/health information site plus real-time dialogue with
physicians and other health care specialists. |
| DrKoop.com |
Led by former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, this site
is dedicated to empowering people to improve their health. |
| InteliHealth |
Health information vetted by doctors of the much-respected Johns
Hopkins Hospital. |
| On
Health Network |
Health and medicine news, in terms everybody can understand and
use. Holistic approach. |
| Medscape |
Medical information in a no-nonsense format. Referred to as "the
site that doctors use." |
| Underwire.msn |
Underwire's fitness dispatch provides health and fitness product
information for women. |
