Part 1:
Go to the following site for patient and public education materials
regarding obesity:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/behavior.htm
Visit these weight-loss support
groups at the following sites:
http://tops.org (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
http://www.overeatersanonymous.org (Overeaters Anonymous) Click
on "Is OA for You
Go to the following sites:
http://www.naaso.org/information/factsheets.asp (North American
Association for the Study of Obesity)
Click on: "What is Obesity?", "Obesity and Cancer", and "Obesity
and Diabetes"
http://www.asbs.org (American Society for Bariatric
Surgery) Click "OK" if asked for personal information.
Find "Story of Surgery for Obesity"
Scroll through descriptions and diagrams of the following surgeries:
Jejuno-Colic bypass, Jejuno-Ileal bypass, Bilio-pancratic diversion,
Bilio-pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, Gastric bypass,
Gastroplasty, and Gastric banding.
The diagrams show how the GI tract is modified for the different
surgeries.
For information about eating disorders go to:
http://www.eating.ucdavis.edu/
Click on "Resources"
Click on "National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated
Disorders"
On the left, click on "Eating Disorder Information and Resources"
Click on "Self-Evaluation Quiz"
Click on "Dangerous Substances"
Click on "Confronting"
Go to the following site for information about pediatric obesity.
Click on AAP Overweight and Obesity Web site.
(Copy/paste the web address to your browser for access.)
http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/overweight.cfm
Part 2:
The following sites gives information about size acceptance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_at_Every_Size
http://www.healthyweightnetwork.com/links.htm
Health At Every Size Media
Coverage:
 | New York Times, Overweight
Americans Push Back on Health Care Debate, 11/8/09, by
Susan Saulny. |
| Washington Post, It
wouldn't kill you to lose a few pounds - or would it?,
11/11/09, by Jennifer Larue Huget. |
| LA Times,
Diets? Not for these folks. Weary of counting calories, some
overweight people have a new goal -- to be happy and healthy,
not thin, by Marni Jameson |
| iVillage, Not
Only Skinny Models Destroy Our Self-Esteem, Plus-Size Models Do
Too, 10/16/09, by Linda Vongkhamchanh |
|
Do extra pounds always equal extra risk?
Researchers say plenty of fat people are healthy and plenty of
thin people are unhealthy, LA Times,
10/12/09, by Marni Jameson |
Several radio interviews:
| Is
Obesity-Cancer Link Fear-Mongering?, BBC radio, 11/5/09.
(I'm on about 6 mins in.) |
| Incentivizing
Weight Loss, The Conversation with Ross Reynolds, 11/16/09,
KUOW Seattle 94.9 (NPR). |
| The
Truth About Weight Loss, T Tyler Talks Radio, 10/23/09. |
| Fat Acceptance: Has the
Time Come?, The Santita Jackson Show, WVON radio, 11/11/09. |
Part 3:
www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov
www.niaaa.nih.gov
www.cdc.gov/alcohol/index.htm
www.asam.org
www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov
www.nacoa.org
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
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