Additional Resources on Overweight and Obesity

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To read more about the reasons for overweight and obesity, visit:

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, Overweight and Obesity at a Glance
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_glance.htm

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, Overweight Children and Adolescents
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm

CDC, Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention, Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/training/perspectives/files/obesedit.htm

CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Factors Contributing to Obesity
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/contributing_factors.htm

To calculate your BMI and read more about the difference between overweight and obesity, visit:

CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity and Overweight: Body Mass Index (BMI)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/overwt.htm

CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity and Overweight: Defining Overweight and Obesity
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/defining.htm

To read more about how overweight and obesity affect your health, visit:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), You Know the Health Risk of Being Overweight
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/health_risks.htm

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, Overweight and Obesity:The Health Consequences
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_consequences.htm

To read more about childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity, visit:

CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity and Overweight: Trends
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/http://www.boswellcenter.com/

National Center for Health Statistics (NHANES), Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overwght99.htm

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, Overweight Children and Adolescents
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm

To read more about what can be done, visit:

The Guide to Community Preventive Services*
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pubrecs_f.html

CDC, PDF file of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Oct. 26, 2001/Vol 50/No. RR-18, Increasing Physical Activity: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services**
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5018.pdf

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The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, Overweight and Obesity: What Can You Do?
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_whatcanyoudo.htm

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity: A Vision for the Future
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_vision.htm

To read more about the cost of overweight and obesity, visit:

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity: Economic Consequences
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/1_3.htm

CDC, Division of Nutrition and Physical Actvity, CDC's State-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Chronic Diseases, Including Obesity
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/state_programs/http://www.boswellcenter.com/

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity: Health Weight Advice for Consumers
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_advice.htm

To know more about the implications to organizations and what some organizations are doing, visit:

Washington Business Group on Health, The Business Group Launches Institute to Address Obesity's Enormous Toll on Corporate America
http://www.wbgh.com/about/press/press.php?id=68

To know more about the study of Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa, visit:

The National Institute of Mental Health-funded study is a five-year grant, with more than $10 million in funding, which brings together 11 groups of researchers from North America and Europe (10 clinical centers and one to analyze data) to find regions of the human genome that contain genes that influence risk for anorexia.
http://www.angenetics.org

To know more about balancing work and life, visit:

The reality of focusing on the importance of life/work balance may produce unanticipated results among those who are already overburdened by time constraints. Ten simple rules to follow to help you forget the idea of balance and understand what is important.
The Lie of a Balanced Life (PDF)