Resources

For more information about weight-loss surgery and illnesses related to obesity, explore the following resources.

• General information
• Obesity Education Initiative (OEI)
• Information on illnesses related to obesity

General information

Aim for a Healthy Weight

Aim for a Healthy Weight provides practical tools for identifying, assessing, and treating overweight and obesity; includes clinical guidelines in various formats, a body mass index calculator, healthy weight education kit, slide show, and continuing education opportunities.

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/
lose_wt/index.htm
OR
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/
obesity/lose_wt/profmats.htm

American Society for Bariatric Surgery

American Society for Bariatric Surgery
140 NW 75th Drive, Suite C
Gainesville, FL 32607
Phone: (352) 331-4900
Fax: (352) 331-4975


www.asbs.org

Medline Plus, Obesity

This site is a service of the National Library of Medicine and the NIH. It contains a variety of information and links related to obesity.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html

NIH Obesity Research

This website presents information about NIH-supported research to facilitate progress towards obesity prevention and treatment. Through its research mission, the NIH seeks to identify genetic, behavioral, and environmental causes of obesity; to understand how obesity leads to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other serious health problems; and to build on basic and clinical research findings to develop and study innovative prevention and treatment strategies. The NIH, other federal agencies and public and private organizations will all play important roles in reducing the epidemic of obesity in the U.S.

http://www.obesityresearch.nih.gov/

Obesity Education Initiative (OEI)

The Obesity Education Initiative (OEI) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH, was created to help reduce the prevalence of overweight along with the prevalence of physical inactivity in order to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), the prevalence and severity of sleep apnea, and overall morbidity and mortality from CHD. Information is provided on the relationship of overweight to CHD risk factors and sleep apnea, as well as information on weight loss and weight control.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/oei/index.htm

The Weight Control Information Network

The Weight-control Information Network is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, which is the Federal Government's lead agency responsible for biomedical research on nutrition and obesity. Authorized by Congress (Public Law 103-43), WIN provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based health information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues.

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/
gastric/gastricsurgery.htm

Information on illnesses related to obesity

Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (in English and Spanish)
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/

Cholesterol
Live Healthier, Live Longer
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/index.htm

National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep/index.htm

Diabetes
National Diabetes Education Program
http://www.ndep.nih.gov

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

NIDDK Diabetes Prevention Program
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/patient/dpp/dpp.htm

Gallbladder disease
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/
ddiseases/topics/gallbladder.asp

Genetics
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
http://www.genome.gov/10002096

Heart Disease and Stroke (Cardiovascular disease)
NHLBI Healthy People 2010 Gateway
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/index.htm

NHLBI Information for patients and the public
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm

High Blood Pressure
National High Blood Pressure Education Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a form of fatty liver disease:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/
program/m-rlist.htm#nonalcoholic

Psychological problems / Mental Disorders
Depression
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
publicat/depressionmenu.cfm (English & Spanish information )

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publist/sp_023561.cfm (Spanish)

Depression in Children and Adolescents - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/
depchildresfact.cfm

Depression: What Every Woman Should Know http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publist/sp_014794.cfm (Spanish)

Eating Disorders http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/
eatingdisorders.cfm

Real Men Real Depression - http://menanddepression.nimh.nih.gov/
infopage.asp?ID=7

Sleep disorders
NHLBI Sleep Disorders Information -
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/index.htm

Stroke
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Stroke Information Page
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/
disorders/stroke.htm

Urinary incontinence
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/
uiwomen/index.htm

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/
pubs/bcw_ez/index.htm (Spanish)