61. First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines Press Release Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults reviewed by 115 health experts at major medical and professional societies. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/oberel4f.htm

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute FOR RELEASE CONTACT: NHLBI Communications Office 10:00 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, June 17, 1998 First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines Released The first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults were released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These clinical practice guidelines are designed to help physicians in their care of overweight and obesity, a growing public health problem that affects 97 million American adults 55 percent of the population. These individuals are at increased risk of illness from hypertension, lipid disorders, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and certain cancers. The total costs attributable to obesity-related disease approaches $100 billion annually. "Overweight and obesity pose a major public health challenge. The development of these guidelines was a pioneering achievement since they were the first ever developed by the Institute using an evidence-based model and methodology," said NHLBI Director Dr. Claude Lenfant. "This report will be an invaluable clinical tool for any health care professional who works with overweight or obese patients," he added.

62. Obesity obesity. Printerfriendly version PDF file, 216 Kb. What is obesity?obesity means that you have an unhealthy amount of body fat. http://www.4woman.gov/faq/obesity.htm

Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords OBESITY Printer-friendly version PDF file, 216 Kb] What is obesity? What causes being overweight and obesity? How many women are obese? What are some of the serious health problems linked to obesity? ... How can I improve my health if I am obese? See also... Diet and Nutrition Exercise Weight Loss What is obesity? Obesity means that you have an unhealthy amount of body fat. Everyone needs some body fat, but too much fat can cause health problems. Overweight and obesity are defined using a tool called Body Mass Index (BMI) . BMI is a way of estimating total body fat for most people. The easiest way to find out your BMI is to use a BMI table for adults (see below). There is also a handy BMI calculator at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's web site (see resources at the end of this FAQ). To find your BMI, you need to know your height and your weight. You can also take your weight in pounds, divide that number by your height in inches squared, and multiply the result by 703 to get your BMI. Click here for an html version of the BMI chart Note: this chart is for adults (age 20 years and older) Source: Surgeon General's Healthy Weight Advice for Consumers, 2001

63. Obesity (Easy To Read) obesity Easy to Read. What is obesity? obesity means that you have anunhealthy amount of body fat. Doctors problems. What causes obesity? http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/obesity-etr.htm

Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords Obesity - Easy to Read What is obesity? What causes obesity? How many women are obese? What are some of the serious health problems linked to obesity? ... How can I lower my chances of getting health problems if I am obese? What is obesity? Obesity means that you have an unhealthy amount of body fat. Doctors say that women with more than 30% body fat are obese and men with more than 25% body fat are obese. Everyone needs some body fat, but too much fat can cause health problems. What causes obesity? Two common causes for being overweight are eating too much and not being active enough. If you eat more calories than your body burns up, the extra calories are stored as fat. Everyone has some stored fat. Too much fat results in being overweight. In the past, people believed that you got obese by eating too much and being lazy. Now, doctors are finding out that obesity may run in families and that obesity may be affected by many factors. It may not be caused just by your eating and exercise habits. How many women are obese?

64. Am I Fat? Discover The Ins And Outs Of Your Body Weight. Find out if you are overweight and what can be done about it. Includes an overview of obesity, weight tables, calorie requirements, and a forum. http://www.am-i-fat.com/

Am I Fat or Overweight? Obesity is the biggest killer in the USA. Find out if you are overweight and what you can do about it! Sorry, Your Browser doesn't support frames! To view the Am I Fat pages about obesity and weight related problems and solutions you need an upgrade. Our obesity pages can be seen just as easily in the non-frames version of Am I Fat .com Calculate your body mass index. Check out the weight tables and the body fat percentage calculator! (Please click this line and we'll take you there.) Home ... Contact 5325 Elkhorn Blvd. PMB # 8193, Sacramento, CA 95842, USA.

65. Welcome To Obesity Surgery Journal Web Site obesity SURGERY Including Laparoscopy and Allied Care is the OFFICIAL JOURNALOF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR THE SURGERY OF obesity (IFSO) Latest http://www.obesitysurgery.com/

66. Drug Shown To Control Obesity In Mice CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/06/fat.burner.ap/index.html

67. ANRED: Obesity. Is It An Eating Disorder? obesity. Is it an eating disorder? Like most things, obesity is acomplex phenomenon about which it is dangerous to generalize. http://www.anred.com/obese.html

Obesity. Is it an eating disorder? Like most things, obesity is a complex phenomenon about which it is dangerous to generalize. What is true for one person is not necessarily true for the next. Nevertheless, we shall try to make sense out of conflicting theories and give answers to people who struggle to maintain self-esteem in a world that seems to be obsessed with youth, thinness, and the perfect body whatever that may be. What is obesity? A person with anorexia nervosa may define obesity as a weight gain of five pounds, from 89 to 94. A grandmother past menopause may call herself obese because she carries 165 pounds on her large-boned, muscular body. A modeling agency may talk about obesity when one of the women on the payroll puts 135 pounds on her 5'10" body. None of these women is clinically obese. The anorexic and the model are underweight. Men are split in their personal definitions of obesity. Many are just as concerned about overweight as women are, while others, frankly rotund, believe they are just fine, perfectly healthy, and universally attractive to potential romantic partners. Physicians consider a person to obese if s/he weighs more than 20% above expected weight for age, height, and body build. Morbid or malignant obesity is weight in excess of 100 pounds above that expected for age, height, and build.

68. Schools In A Flap Over Soft Drinks Critics argue that the schools should ban soft drink and snack sales to fight obesity in students. The Atlanta JournalConstitution http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/1103/26schools.html

69. FDA Proposes Action Plan To Confront Nation's Obesity Problem FDA Proposes Action Plan to Confront Nation s obesity Problem. Since thelate 1980s, adult obesity has steadily increased in this country. http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/obesity/

FDA Home Page Search FDA Site FDA A-Z Index Contact FDA FDA Proposes Action Plan to Confront Nation's Obesity Problem Since the late 1980s, adult obesity has steadily increased in this country. About 64 percent of Americans are overweight and more than 30 percent are obese. To help tackle what FDA is calling the "nation's obesity epidemic," the agency released, on March 12, 2004, the final report of its Obesity Working Group. The group's long- and short-term proposals are based on the scientific fact that weight control is mainly a function of caloric balance. That is, calories in must equal calories out. So FDA is focusing on "calories count" as the basis of its actions and the message of its obesity campaign. Recommended actions include: enhancing the food label to display calorie count more prominently and to use meaningful serving sizes initiating a consumer education campaign focusing on the "Calories Count" message encouraging restaurants to provide nutritional information to consumers stepping up enforcement actions concerning accuracy of food labels revising FDA guidance for developing drugs to treat obesity working cooperatively with other government agencies, non-profits, industry, and academia on obesity research

70. NIDDK : Health Information : Weight Loss & Control : Weight-control Information Established in 1994 to provide health professionals and consumers with sciencebased information on obesity. http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm

Quick Links for Investigators Office of the Director Extramural Activities Intramural Research Nutrition Research Coordination Office of Minority Health Research NIDDK Home Health Information : Weight-control Information Network 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. WIN has also developed the Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better Media program that encourages Black women 18 and over to maintain a healthy weight by becoming more physically active and eating healthier foods. How can WIN help you? WIN produces, collects, and disseminates materials on obesity, weight control, and nutrition. WIN provides Publications , including fact sheets, and brochures, article reprints, and conference and workshop proceedings.

71. Obesity And Nutrition Public Meetings on obesity. November 20, 2003. Press Release. View Comments.October 23, 2003. FDA held a public meeting on obesity Oct. http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/obesity.html

FDA Home Page Search FDA Site FDA A-Z Index Contact FDA Public Meetings on Obesity November 20, 2003 Press Release Notice of Meeting (Federal Register) View Comments October 23, 2003 FDA held a public meeting on obesity Oct. 23, 2003 at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Md. This meeting was sponsored by the FDA Obesity Working Group, chaired by FDA Deputy Commissioner Lester M. Crawford. The Vice Chair was Joseph A. Levitt, Director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Notice of Meeting (Federal Register) Meeting Agenda List of Presenters View Comments View Archived Webcast The meeting focused on six questions related to obesity: What is the available evidence on the effectiveness of various education campaigns to reduce obesity? What are the top priorities for nutrition research to reduce obesity in children? What is the available evidence that FDA can look to in order to guide rational, effective public efforts to prevent and treat obesity by behavioral or medical interventions, or combinations of both? Are there changes needed to food labeling that could result in the development of healthier, lower calorie foods by industry and the selection of healthier, lower calorie foods by consumers?

72. CNN.com - Mass. To Examine Obesity Surgery Risks - Jan. 14, 2004 CNN http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/14/stomach.surgery.ap/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Services CNNtoGO Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Mass. to examine obesity surgery risks Story Tools BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) Massachusetts health officials announced plans Tuesday to assemble a panel of experts to examine the dangers of obesity surgery, less than a week after the state's third death in a year linked to weight loss operations. HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? Separately, officials are investigating the death last Thursday of 37-year-old Howard Reid, who went into cardiac arrest after surgery in which a silicone band was placed around his stomach to restrict his food intake. The inquiry is intended to determine whether Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center made mistakes during Reid's surgery two days before that contributed to his death. "The news of yet another death has raised some concerns," said Roseanne Pawelec, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Health. "This is a surgery that is growing quickly in popularity. We're not necessarily saying we have a problem here. We don't know. The goal is to reduce errors and to improve patient safety."

73. Obésité Et Diététique - Obesity-diet.com Translate this page lundi 24 mai 2004. English version. http://www.obesity-diet.com/

jeudi 3 juin 2004 Le 02/06/2004 Cher ami internaute, Notre 10ème newsletter a été envoyée et traite des difficultés de la lutte contre l'obésité rencontrées par l'OMS. Elle est classée dans la rubrique 'généralités'. Vous êtes plus de 760 inscrits et nous vous en remercions. Les deux prochaines actualités paraîtront cet été et traiterons d'un sujet technique qui fait beaucoup parler actuellement: le bypass ou court-circuit gastro-jéjunal . Indiquez nous aussi dans le forum les sujets que vous aimeriez voir traités. Précédentes newsletters : L a lutte contre l'obésité (décembre), rubrique 'généralités'; un panorama de la chirurgie bariatrique (janvier); la chirurgie des 'petits BMI' (février); l'obésité dans les pays en développement (avril), rubrique "généralités". sur le site - 482862 visiteurs Site professionnel français traitant de la diététique et de l'obésité s'adressant au public et entièrement géré par des professionnels groupés au sein d'une association scientifique, l'Association pour la Coordination et la Recherche en Obésité et Nutrition (ACRON). Un large éventail de spécialités médicales et para-médicales y participe. Son but est de fournir une information accessible à tous et validée scientifiquement, renouvelée et interactive.

74. CNN.com - Most In U.S. Unaware Of Cancer-obesity Link - July 11, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/11/obesity.cancer/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Most in U.S. unaware of cancer-obesity link From Miriam Falco CNN Medical Unit WASHINGTON (CNN) The problems of obesity and cancer are major concerns for many Americans, but the majority appear unaware that being overweight increases their risk for the disease. An American Institute for Cancer Research study sought to see how much Americans knew about a link between obesity and the risk for cancer. The institute and World Cancer Research Fund presented the data Thursday at a scientific conference on diet and cancer in Washington. The results of a June poll of 1,205 adults show that most Americans know their chances of getting heart disease and diabetes rise when they are overweight, but just 25 percent of those polled knew the risk of cancer also increases. EXTRA INFORMATION Click here to view a weight-to-height chart "Gaining half a pound per year or five pounds per decade" can contribute to cancer risk, said Dr. George Bray, professor of medicine at Louisiana State University Medical Center, who presented some of the data at the conference.

75. Dog Owner's Guide: Obesity obesity in dogs. obesity is a major problem for pet dogs. books formore information on . . . obesity in dogs. Although we don t have http://www.canismajor.com/dog/obese.html

[Dog Owner's Guide: Obesity (www.canismajor.com/dog/obese.html)] Home Topics Index Newest ... About Obesity in dogs Obesity is a major problem for pet dogs Introduction A guide to determine if Pal is malnourished Introduction Obesity in dogs is a serious medical problem. Fat dogs are more at risk in surgery, more prone to injury, and have more stress on their heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and joints. A guide to determine if Pal is malnourished Overweight dogs have increasing amounts of fat over the ribs and minimal or absent waist and tuck-up. Obese dogs have heavy fat over the ribs, along the spine, and around the tail. Morbidly fat dogs have protruding abdomens and fat deposits throughout their bodies. Owners can examine their own dogs for a fat layer on the ribs and the visibility of a waist and tuck-up. Breed characteristics should be taken into account of course, as some breeds have more prominent ribs and tuck-ups when in optimum condition. In general, dogs with protruding bones and the appearance of muscle loss are too thin. Many dog food manufacturers sell low-calorie diets for dogs that are worth a look, and some companies sell prescription weight-loss diets through veterinary practices. However, caution is the rule when using these rations.

76. CNN.com - States Mulling Laws To Help Curb Obesity - Dec. 24, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/24/battling.obesity.ap/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Services CNNtoGO Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com States mulling laws to help curb obesity West Virginia is promoting a healthier lifestyle for state residents with an advertising campaign called "West Virginia on the Move." Story Tools RELATED Interactive: Are you obese? Calculate your BMI Obesity in the U.S. Good fat vs. bad fat What is a portion? ... U.S. super-sizing at home, too HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? (AP) Fighting to shed a few pounds and control that waistline? For the soaring number of Americans who are becoming dangerously overweight, states and cities across the country want to help. With the U.S. Surgeon General calling obesity an epidemic, legislators nationwide are offering measures to encourage healthy food choices and ban the worst temptations. Skeptics say government should stay away from trying to legislate something as personal as what we eat. But supporters say they can't ignore a growing public health problem or how it drives the ever-rising cost of health care.

77. Research Chair On Obesity; Chaire De Recherche Sur L'obésité http://www.obesity.chair.ulaval.ca/

D.B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity Chaire de recherche sur l'obésité D.B. Brown A Laval University center dedicated to Research, Communication and Education on Obesity Un centre de l'Université Laval voué à la recherche, la communication et la formation sur l'obésité last update on Feedback to the Webmaster / Commentaires au responsable du site web

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79. CNN.com - TV, Lots Of Fast Food Triple Obesity Risk - Mar. 10, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/03/10/fastfood.tv.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com TV, lots of fast food triple obesity risk Story Tools RELATED Interactive: Are you obese? Calculate your body mass index Being fat at 40 cuts years off life Study: Americans super-sizing at home, too American Heart Association MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) Bulletin from the medical front: Eating fast food and sitting hours on end in front of the TV are really terrible for the waistline. As obvious as this might sound, there actually is little firm scientific data to prove the point, especially against fast food. But now a large study released shows just how bad super-sized burgers and nonstop tube time can be for one's health. "Fast food emphasizes primordial preferences for salt and fat," said researcher Mark Pereira. "This may promote overeating." The project did turn up one surprise: While a lot of fast food is clearly bad for white people, it seems to make no difference at all for blacks. The reason for this is unclear, but the researchers said the data suggest that black people's diets are often just as unhealthy at home as they are at the drive-through window. So a lot of fast food doesn't make matters any worse than they already are. The analysis, conducted by Pereira of Boston's Children's Hospital, was based on a 15-year follow up of 2,027 whites and 1,726 blacks between ages 18 and 30 in Chicago; Minneapolis; Birmingham, Alabama; and Oakland, California. He presented the data at a meeting in Miami Beach of the American Heart Association.

80. About Obesity  (IOTF) About obesity. 1986. PREVALENCE IN CHILDREN. Return to the top. CAUSESOF obesity. HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF obesity AND MORBIDITY. The http://www.obesity.chair.ulaval.ca/iotf.htm

About Obesity Introduction Classification Health Consequences of obesity and morbidity Economic Costs of obesity ... Source: International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) Introduction The prevalence of obesity is rising to epidemic proportions For example, the prevalence of obesity has increased by about 10-50% in the majority of European countries in the last 10 years and currently affects 77% of males living in urban areas of Western Samoa in the Pacific. The health, economic and psycho-social consequences of the increasing incidence of obesity are substantial. Obesity is associated with numerous health complications which range from non-fatal debilitating conditions such as osteoarthritis , to life threatening chronic diseases such as Coronary Heart Disease diabetes , and certain cancers . The psychological consequences of obesity can range from lowered self-esteem to clinical depression . Recent estimates suggest that between 2 to 8% of the total sick care costs in Western countries are attributable to obesity. Despite the high prevalence of obesity and the many advances in our understanding of how it develops, present management strategies have persistently failed to achieve long term success. Table 1. Classification of overweight and obesity in adults according to BMI.

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