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Overweight and Obesity (including childhood obesity)
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MGH Weight Center The MGH Weight Center offers expert consultation and treatment for both adults and children, emphasizing family-based therapy whenever appropriate. The website contains information on training and fellowship opportunities at MGH Weight Center.

Mass In Motion
Obesity database at Partners The topic page links to obesity information and resources including government, professional and research organizations that focus obesity issues; reports, publications and guidelines; obesity programs and campaigns; child obesity information; data and statistics; legislation and policy issues; grants and funding opportunities; training and continuing education; and upcoming conferences and events.

First Lady's Let's Move Campaign Let's Move! is an initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier. Learn about the facts, how to eat healthy, get active, and how to take action.
CDC's Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide, July 2009
USDA's Weight Management and Obesity Resource List
Obesity overview from NIH
A booklet on body weight, nutrition, and exercise from NIH
A booklet on risks of being overweight from NIH
A report on Medical Care for Obese Patients from NIH. It addresses barriers in providers.
Active at Any Size, a resource from NIH Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
Obesity and Cancer, a 14-page fact sheet that dicusses links between obesity and cancer in a question-and-answer format.
Culture and Obesity: Discovery (For high schools, with interesting assessment tools)
Obesity Health Risks: Worse than Smoking, Drinking, or Poverty, a brief report from RAND Research that Highlights health risks of obesity
Obesity Prevention in the WISEWOMAN Program at Center for Excellence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill