Obesity
According to the 2003-2004 National Center for Health Statistics survey, almost one-third of American adults are considered obese. If the patterns of the past 20 years continue, that percentage will continue to grow. Obesity is a difficult condition to deal with, but it can be curbed or even prevented with lifestyle changes, especially where diet and physical activity are concerned. The Internet has many resources to help you research, understand, and eventually prevent or control obesity. For a Spanish-language version of the Guide, click here.
Expand All Guide SectionsWhat Is Obesity?
Any amount of extra fat that your body has to carry can be harmful to your health, but your health ... read more »
Obesity Causes and Diagnosis
Obesity can be caused by a number of environmental and physical factors, but diagnosing obesity is ... read more »
Health Effects of Obesity
Some health conditions that can result from obesity are more apparent than others, and those who ... read more »
Preventing and Treating Obesity
For some, preventing or treating obesity will be more difficult than for others. But no matter who ... read more »
Obesity News and Research
If you still want to find more information about obesity in any facet, you'll find almost everything you need online.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Your local newspaper may cover stories about obesity in your city or state. To find the online version of your favorite paper, try adding ".com" to its name or, if that doesn't work, typing its name in a search engine.
- Medical journals can be a good source of information about any health issue. Although subscriptions to these journals can be very expensive, you can often find abstracts from articles online for free. Try searching the government site PubMed (a site provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health) for obesity-related terms to find more reading material.
Dulcinea's Picks
MedlinePlus
from the National Library of Medicine covers the basics of obesity in its introduction on the subject, then features a large list of categorized links to help you get to information regarding your specific obesity-related interest or concern.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
provides a very well organized list of links to reliable resources about obesity.
NASSO
, The Obesity Society, presents this journal, Obesity Research, a peer-reviewed journal about developments in the field of obesity studies. Use this site to review archived medical articles on the topic.
MSN
includes a health and fitness section with an "obesity in America" report. Take a look at the interactive map that shows the rise in the percentage of obese adults in each state over the last 20 years. Select your own state to see how it has fared in the fight against fat.
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