Obesity Info on the Web
- Harvard School of Public Health: Obesity Prevention SourceGreat place to start your research!
- HealthyPeople.govThis "Nutrition & Weight Status" page offers overview, objectives, and interventions & resources sections regarding the Healthy People 2020 government initiative.
- National Institutes of Health Obesity ResearchThis government resource provides research info helpful to both the general public and health professionals.
- Obesity Protection & ControlFind helpful guidelines to use within a health care setting and also the general community. This Community Guide, created in part by the CDC, is "a resource for evidence-based Task Force recommendations and findings about what works to improve public health".
- The Obesity SocietyThis professional organization's mission: Through research, education and advocacy, to better understand, prevent, and treat obesity and improve the lives of those affected. Find info in the Publications tab and links to other resources.
- Weight & ObesityThis site from the USDA's Food & Nutrition Information Center provides lots of background info.
Weight Statistics on the Web
- Overweight and ObesityThese statistics are provided by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
- World Health Organization: Obesity & OverweightGet a global perspective from this United Nations organization.
Fat Like Me: How to Win the Weight War
View more films about obesity from the database Films on Demand.
Childhood Obesity
This video, created by Penn State University Professor Kris Clark, explores the different causes of childhood obesity.
Childhood Obesity on the Web
Take a look at this report from the Institute of Medicine's Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention.
- Childhood ObesityThis website, provided by the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions and also the National Association of Children’s Hospitals, offers recorded webinars and research findings from the hospital perspective.
- Childhood ObesityThis Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics includes an overview of this issue, ways to address it, and links to other resources.
- Childhood Obesity - Robert Wood Johnson FoundationThis foundation, focused on health issues, addresses policies impacting children: affordable healthy foods, school meals, physical activity, marketing to children, and food pricing strategies.
- Childhood Overweight & ObesityFind an overview, statistics, and solutions for the the issue of childhood obesity at this website from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
