Recommendations
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, 2001
The U.S. Surgeon General calls upon the nation to work together in finding solutions to the problem of obesity and overweight. To read the report, visit the Surgeon General's Web site.
Surgeon General's Call to Action Fact Sheets:
- Overweight and Obesity: A Vision for the Future
(Also available in PDF - 6K) - Overweight and Obesity: At a Glance
(Also available in PDF - 9K) - Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences
(Also available in PDF - 9K) - Surgeon General's Healthy Weight Advice for Consumers
(Also available in PDF - 19K) - Overweight and Obesity: What You Can Do
(Also available in PDF - 29K) - Overweight in Children and Adolescents
(Also available in PDF - 12K)
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
The guidelines present an approach for assessing overweight and obesity and established principles of safe and effective weight loss. (This resource is hosted by the National Institutes of Health.)
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
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