Obesity Guidelines and Resources

• Clinical Guidelines
• Patient Handouts/Tools
• Presentations
• CME
• Resources

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Clinical Guidelines

From the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale.

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Patient Handouts and Materials

• Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK))
• Overweight and Obesity: What You Can Do
  (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• Healthy Eating Kit
  Anne Arundel County Publications (Order for Free)

Tools/Patient Helps

• Body Mass Index Chart (NIH)
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index (NIH)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight (NIH)

Presentations

Obesity Presentation (2005)
This presentation is available as a PowerPoint or a PDF

CME

From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/con-ed/index.htm

From Medscape (Free registration may be required.)
The Management of Obesity for the Primary Care Physician

Additional Resources

• The Centers for Disease Control
• Medline Plus
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General’s call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity.
• Weight-Control Information Network