Recommended Web Sites

American Dietetic Association - The ADA site contains excellent nutrition and dieting information, including a section called Healthy Lifestyle, with nutrition tips, food guides and dieting for dummies advice.

American Obesity Association - The AOA aims to educate the public about obesity and its role in causing illness and unnecessary deaths, to help health professionals to provide the best possible care for people with obesity, and to encourage efforts to prevent obesity, especially in children. They also lobby for insurance and legislation on behalf of the obese.

Belly Fat in Women: How to Keep It Off and Belly Fat in Men: Why Weight Loss Matters - Learn more from the Mayo Clinic.

Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight Loss Program - What elements of a weight-loss program should an intelligent consumer look for in judging its potential for safe and successful weight loss? Click on this link to find out.

Food and Nutrition Information Center - The National Agricultural Library has assembled this information on such topics as dietary supplements, food composition and the food guide pyramid.

KidsHealth for Parents: Your Child's Weight OR Body Mass Index Charts - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for parents.

MedlinePlus: Obesity - The National Library of Medicine has assembled this list of links to quality information about obesity, including clinical trials and statistics.

MedlinePlus: Obesity in Children - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases, conditions, and concerns.

MedlinePlus: Weight Control - The National Library of Medicine has assembled this list of links to quality information about weight loss and dieting options, with special information for women, teens and children.

MedlinePlus: Weight Loss Surgery- The National Library of Medicine also provides these links to quality resources.

Obesity (Teens) - This article from KidsHealth was written specifically for teens.

Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers - This information is from the National Cancer Institute.

Obesity/Overweight - This page from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention links to an assortment of pages concerning nutrition, physical activity, and obesity trends.

Weight-Loss Help: How to Stop Emotional Eating - The Mayo Clinic tells you how to stop.

WIN: The Weight-control Information Network - The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH). WIN was established in 1994 to provide health professionals and consumers with science-based information on obesity, weight control, and nutrition.