Evidence on Overweight and Obesity

• Evidence model for overweight and obesity, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.  Model shows pathways for identification, evaluation and treatment of overweight in adults as it pertains to symptoms (high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance) and related clinical outcomes (cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular morbidity and mortality).
• Evidence on the Effectiveness of Interventions for Overweight and Obesity, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.  E vidence is based on an expert panel review of 236 randomized clinical trials. Site shows the evidence for the effectiveness of various interventions to treat overweight and obesity, such as dietary interventions, physical fitness interventions, behavioral interventions and pharmacology. Evidenced is related to specific questions and shown in table format.  Provides information on levels of evidence.
• Reference list related to Evidence on Effectiveness of Interventions for Overweight and Obesity.
• Evidence on Childhood Obesity
• The George Washington University Center for Health and Health Care in Schools:

  Childhood Overweight: A Selected Bibliography, March 2005.  Childhood Overweight: What Research Tells Us (March 2005).

• NIH Clinical Trials for Obesity 

Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
• International Journal of Obesity
• Obesity Research
• International Association for the Study of Obesity
• International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders

• Obesity Reviews

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