A Step-by-Step Guide to Delivering Clinical Preventive Services: A Systems Approach. (PDF)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/manual/manual.pdf
Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity. Case Studies in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10931.html
Body Mass Index Information and Calculator
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines
Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Overview:
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=4340
Brief Report (PDF):
http://www.iom.edu/includes/DBFile.asp?id=4154
Healthy Diet Counseling
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsdiet.htm
Managing Obesity: A Clinicians Aid
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/obesaid.htm
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
NHLBI Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm
Obesity Trends in the United States
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/index.htm
Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity (Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 103)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/obesphsum.htm
Screening for Obesity in Adults
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsobes.htm
SmallStep.gov
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.smallstep.gov
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity
