A wide range of obesity-related resources. Please help us improve this list by sending in details of your favourite resources. Contact us via info@domuk.org
Resources
* American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org Can access a range of resources and position papers.
* British Dietetic Assocation www.bda.uk.com The Food Facts section is also very useful.
* Choosing a Better Diet. The Food and Health Action Plan. Department of Health, March 2005.
* Costain L. Diet Trials: how to succeed at dieting. BBC Consumer Publishing, 2003.
* Department of Health. Obesity Care Pathway and Your Weight, Your Health. Materials for health professionals and for patients. link here.
* Healthy Living Social Marketing Initiative: a review of the evidence http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_073044
* House of Commons (2004) Obesity. Health Committee. Third Report of Session 2003-04. Volume 1. London: The Stationery Office.
* Kellogg’s Family Health Study report provides data on the difference between obese, overweight and normal weight children’s attitudes towards healthy eating and physical activity in four European countries. The study involved 2,000 children aged 6-16 years of age and their parents. Copies of the report can be downloaded (see link below), or ordered on 0800 626066 (ROI 800 626066). www.kelloggshealthzone.co.uk/pr15_06_05.asp
* LEARN Program for Weight Control (Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, Nutrition) (2000). Kelly Brownell. American Health Publishing Company. ISBN: 1-878513-24-9. www.TheLifestyleCompany.com.
* National Obesity Forum. Guidelines on management of adult Obesity and Overweight, Training Resource for Health Professionals and much more.
* National Heart Forum. Obesity Toolkit. Lightening the Load: tackling overweight and obesity. www.heartforum.org.uk/Publications_NHFreports_Overweightandobesitytool.aspx
* National Institute of Health. Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (1998) www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm
* National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Orlistat for the treatment of obesity in adults - full guidance (2001). www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=TA022
* National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Guidance on the use of sibutramine for the treatment of obesity in adults - full guidance (2001). www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=23003
* National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Guidance on surgery for obesity (2002). www.nice.org.uk/Docref.asp?d=34793
National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children (2006). http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG43#summary
* Obesity in Practice Journal. Medical Education Partnership. New Bridge Street House, 33-34 New Bridge Street, London, ECV 6BJ Tel: 020 7072 4186, e-mail: vchild@mepuk.com
* OMNI - Obesity omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D009765.html (Omni is a free catalogue of hand selected and evaluation internet resources in health and medicine). Includes the HDA’s 2003 evidence briefing on the management of obesity and overweight - and much more.
* Quackwatch A non-profit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct.
* Royal Society of Physicians Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Tackling Obesity; A Toolbox for Local Partnership Action (2000). Alan Maryon Davis, Roberta Rona, Alison Giles. The Royal Society of Physicians Faculty of Public Health Medicine: London.
* Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Obesity in Scotland (1996) A national clinical guideline for use in Scotland. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. SIGN: Edinburgh. www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/published/index.html#Other
* Shape Up America http://www.shapeup.org/ A non-profit organisation committed to raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight management.
* Weight Concern. Shape-up: A lifestyle programme to manage your weight (2001). Jane Wardle et al. Weight Concern: London. www.weightconcern.com
* World Heath Organisation, Obesity:preventing and managing the global epidemic. WHO Technical Report Series 894. 2000: Geneva.
* World Health Organisation. Charter for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity in Europe. November 2006
