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OBESITY AND RELATED TOPICS
  • Weight Control and Obesity Resource List for Consumers
    Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA, provides reliable nutrition information about obesity and weight loss.

  • National Weight Control Registry
    A research study which ousts the popular myth about weight loss that everyone who loses weight will eventually gain it back and shows that successful weight loss is indeed possible.

  • Center for Weight and Health
    Facilitates interactions among researchers, policy makers and community based providers from various disciplines and institutions who are concerned about weight.

  • Calorie Control Council
  • International Association for the Study of Obesity
  • National Obesity Education Initiative
  • North American Association for the Study of Obesity

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