The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
Fact Sheets
- Overweight and Obesity: A Vision for the Future [PDF]
- Overweight and Obesity: At a Glance [PDF]
- Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences [PDF]
- Surgeon General's Healthy Weight Advice for Consumers [PDF]
- Overweight and Obesity: What You Can Do [PDF]
- Overweight in Children and Adolescents [PDF]
Surgeon General's Listening Session (December 7-8, 2000)
- Press Release (January 8, 2001)
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Resources
Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Healthy People 2010:
- Leading Health Indicators (LHI)
- LHI Resources for Individual Action
- Obesity Education Initiative, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center
- The Weight-Control Information Network,
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Overweight and Obesity Information, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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