Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Obesity, eating disorders

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Anorexia nervosa

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Anorexia nervosa: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers [2005]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
    • Anorexia nervosa. New Zealand treatment guide for consumers and carers [2005]
    • Anorexia nervosa. Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers [2005]
    • Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anorexia nervosa [2004]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Individual psychotherapy in the outpatient treatment of adults with anorexia nervosa [2009]
    • Antidepressants for anorexia nervosa [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Guidelines for the nutritional management of anorexia nervosa [2005]
• United States of America
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Estrogen Therapy Does Not Increase Bone Density in Amenorrheic Females with Anorexia Nervosa [2001]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Body composition and anorexia nervosa: does physiology explain psychology? [2001]
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
    • The Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa in the 20th Century [2002]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy [2003]
  • Endocrinology
    • From Anorexia to Obesity--The Yin and Yang of Body Weight Control [2003]
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
    • Risk and supervised exercise: the example of anorexia to illustrate a new ethical issue in the traditional debates of medical ethics [2005]
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
    • Discrepant Results Regarding Long-term Survival of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa? [2003]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Eating disorders revisited I: anorexia nervosa [1998]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Eating disorders
    • Amenorrhea

Binge eating

• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Binge eating [2001]
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Sugar and Fat: Cravings and Aversions [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Eating disorders

Bulimia nervosa

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa and binging [2009]
    • Antidepressants versus psychological treatments and their combination for bulimia nervosa [2009]
    • Antidepressants versus placebo for people with bulimia nervosa [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Understanding bulimia [2007]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Bulimia nervosa [2003]
    • Bulimia nervosa [2001]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Eating disorders

Eating disorders

• Australia
  • Australian Medical Association
    • Body Image and Health [2002]
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • What is an eating disorder? [2007]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Eating disorders in adolescents: Principles of diagnosis and treatment [2007]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Self-help and Guided Self-help for Eating Disorders [2009]
    • Psychological treatments for bulimia nervosa and binging [2009]
    • Interventions for preventing eating disorders in children and adolescents [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Eating disorders [2004]
  • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
    • Eating Disorders in Scotland - Recommendations for Management and Treatment [2006]
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Eating Disorders in the UK: Policies for Service Development and Training [2001]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Management of Eating Disorders [2006]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders [2003]
  • American Dietetic Association
    • Nutrition intervention in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) [2006]
  • American Psychiatric Association
    • Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, Third Edition [2006]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of Eating Disorders [Guideline synthesis]
    • Eating Disorders: Newer Practice Guidelines Reinforce Severity of Conditions But Still Reflect Deficits in Knowledge Base - Expert Commentary [2008]
    • Eating disorders among children and adolescents. Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [2007]
    • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating disorders. American Psychiatric Association [2006]
    • Eating disorders. Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders. National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health [2004]
    • Identifying and treating eating disorders. American Academy of Pediatrics [2003]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    • Eating Disorders [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Treating Eating Disorders in Primary Care [2008]
    • Diagnosis of Eating Disorders in Primary Care [2003]
    • Impact of Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity on the Gynecologic Health of Adolescents [2001]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Eating disorders in adolescents [2007]
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
    • Development of weight and shape concerns in the aetiology of eating disorders [2001]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Eating disorders and weight problems [2005]
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Cybernetic principles in the systematic concept of hypothalamic feeding control [2006]
  • Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
    • Brain lesions and eating disorders [2005]
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • The Role of Leptin in Regulating Neuroendocrine Function in Humans [2004]
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
    • Exploring the gene-environment nexus in eating disorders [2005]
    • Eating disorders and the serotonin connection: state, trait and developmental effects [2004]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Dieting, body weight, body image and self-esteem in young women: doctors' dilemmas [2003]
    • Eating disorders from a primary care perspective [1998]
  • Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
    • Nutrition and eating disorders in adolescents [2004]
  • Pediatrics
    • Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders: The State of the Art [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Eating disorders : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Bulimia nervosa
    • Binge eating
    • Anorexia nervosa
    • Amenorrhea

Obesity in children and adolescents

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Staff/Carers Book [2009]
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents [2003]
  • NSW Health
    • The Weight of Time - Time influences on overweight and obesity in men [2006]
    • The Weight of Opinion: The early childhood sector's perceptions about childhood overweight and obesity [2006]
    • NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2004 [2006]
    • Childhood Obesity [2003]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Dieting in adolescence [2004]
  • Guidelines Advisory Committee
    • Obesity in Children [2007]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Childhood Obesity and the Role of the Government of Canada [2007]
  • Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
    • Primary Prevention of Childhood Obesity [2005]
• India
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • IAP National Task Force for Childhood Prevention of Adult Diseases: Childhood Obesity [2004]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for treating obesity in children [2009]
    • Interventions for preventing obesity in children [2009]
• Netherlands
  • Institute for Medical Technology Assessment
    • Overweight and obesity in Dutch adolescents: associations with health lifestyle, personality, social context and future consequences: methods & tables [2006]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health
    • Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Children and Young People [2009]
    • Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Infants and Toddlers (Aged 0 to 2 years) - A Background Paper [2000]
    • Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Adolescents [1998]
    • Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Children Aged 2-12 Years- A Background Paper [1997]
• United Kingdom
  • Attract
    • What is the evidence that the risk of a child becoming obese is greater with one or two obese parents? [2007]
  • British Medical Association
    • Childhood Obesity - a briefing paper [2009]
  • Department of Health
    • How to set and monitor goals for prevalence of child obesity: guidance for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and local authorities [2008]
    • Obesity guidance for healthy schools co-ordinators and their partners [2007]
    • Measuring childhood obesity : guidance to Primary Care Trusts [2006]
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of obesity in children and young people [2003]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents [2008]
    • Screening and Interventions: Overweight Children and Adolescents [2005]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity [2007]
    • Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report [2007]
  • American Dietetic Association
    • Individual-, Family-, School- and Community-Based Interventions for Pediatric Overweight [2006]
    • Dietary guidance for healthy children aged 2 to 11 years [2004]
  • American Heart Association
    • Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners [2006]
    • Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Pathophysiology, Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment [2005]
    • Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners: Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association [2005]
    • Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Children [2003]
    • Nutrition and Children [1997]
  • American Medical Association
    • Childhood Obesity: Highlights of AMA Expert Committee Recommendations [2008]
  • CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
    • CDC's Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System [Collection of guidelines]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings. A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services [2005]
  • Endocrine Society
    • Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity [2008]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Childhood Obesity [2004]
  • Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
    • Treatment of Childhood Overweight and Obesity [2008]
    • Prevention and Identification of Childhood Overweight [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents [Guideline synthesis]
    • Treatment of childhood overweight. Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium [2008]
    • Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline [2008]
    • Prevention and identification of childhood overweight. Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium [2008]
    • Pediatric weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. American Dietetic Association [2007]
    • Identifying and preventing overweight in childhood. Clinical practice guideline. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners [2006]
    • Active healthy living: prevention of childhood obesity through increased physical activity. American Academy of Pediatrics [2006]
    • Screening and interventions for overweight in children and adolescents: recommendation statement. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [2005]
    • Primary prevention of childhood obesity. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario [2005]
    • Overweight in children and adolescents: pathophysiology, consequences, prevention, and treatment. American Heart Association [2005]
    • Overweight children and adolescents: a clinical report of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition [2005]
    • Dietary recommendations for children and adolescents: a guideline for practitioners: consensus statement from the American Heart Association [2005]
    • Evaluation and treatment of childhood obesity. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2004]
    • Management of obesity in children and young people. A national clinical guideline. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network [2003]
  • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
    • Overweight Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Report of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition [2005]
  • Shaping America's Health
    • Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture on Childhood Obesity: Implications for Prevention and Treatment: A consensus statement of Shaping America's Health and the Obesity Society [2008]
  • Society for Adolescent Medicine
    • Preventing and Treating Adolescent Obesity: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2006]
  • Society for Nutrition Education
    • Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight in Children [2003]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • School-Based Intervention to Decrease Consumption of Soda Has Modest Effect at Decreasing Number of Overweight and Obese Children [2006]
    • Orlistat, in Combination With Diet, Exercise, and Behavioral Modification Improves Weight Management in Obese Adolescents [2006]
    • Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diets May Enhance Weight Loss, But Need Further Study in Children [2005]
    • Fast Food Frequency Is Associated With Increased Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance [2005]
    • Diet and/or Exercise programs as treatments for childhood obesity [2002]
    • Depression Is Associated With the Development and Persistence of Adolescent Obesity [2002]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Nutrition in adolescence - Issues and Challenges for the Health Sector [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Evaluating Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents [2008]
    • Prevention and Treatment of Overweight in Children and Adolescents [2004]
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Energy expenditure in obesity [2004]
    • Nature versus nurture in childhood obesity: a familiar old conundrum [2003]
    • Predicting obesity in adults from childhood and adolescent weight [2002]
    • Metabolic precursors and effects of obesity in children: a decade of progress, 1990–1999 [2001]
    • Secular trends in growth and changes in eating patterns of Japanese children [2000]
    • Validity of the body mass index as an indicator of the risk and presence of overweight in adolescents [1999]
    • Introduction: the use of body mass index to assess obesity in children [1999]
    • Defining obesity in childhood: current practice [1999]
    • Total energy expenditure and physical activity in prepubertal children: recent advances based on the application of the doubly labeled water method [1998]
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
    • Perspectives on the development of an international consensus on childhood obesity [2005]
    • Managing obesity in secondary care: a personal practice [2005]
    • Obesity: diagnosis, prevention, and treatment; evidence based answers to common questions [2002]
    • Recent advances in the genetics of severe childhood obesity [2000]
  • Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
    • Measuring Effectiveness of Dietetic Interventions in Child Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials [2006]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Adolescent overweight and obesity - How best to manage in the general practice setting [2007]
    • Weighty matters an approach to childhood overweight in general practice [2006]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Treatment of childhood obesity [2003]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Children grow and horses race: is the adiposity rebound a critical period for later obesity? [2004]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey [2007]
    • Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity [2005]
    • Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey [2000]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Should weight-loss supplements be used for pediatric obesity? [2009]
    • Preventing and managing pediatric obesity [2006]
  • Diabetes Care
    • Metabolic Complications of Childhood Obesity: Identifying and mitigating the risk [2008]
    • Pharmacotherapy of Childhood Obesity: An evidence-based, conceptual approach [2007]
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Insulin resistance and obesity in childhood [2008]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Obesity and Adolescents: Time for Increased Physical Activity! [2004]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • Lack of evidence on diets for obesity for children: a systematic review [2006]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Childhood Obesity [2005]
    • The Pediatric Obesity Epidemic: Causes and Controversies [2004]
    • Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Children [2004]
    • Childhood Obesity [2004]
  • Journal of Medical Investigation
    • Recommendations to develop an intervention for Japanese youth on weight management [2004]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children [2008]
    • Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents [2005]
    • Secondary prevention of overweight in primary school children: what place for general practice? [2004]
  • Nutrition Journal
    • Gendered dimensions of obesity in childhood and adolescence [2008]
    • Childhood obesity, prevalence and prevention [2005]
  • Pediatrics
    • Recommendations for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity [2007]
    • Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity [2007]
    • Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity [2007]
    • Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [2005]
    • Bariatric Surgery for Severely Overweight Adolescents: Concerns and Recommendations [2004]
  • Postgraduate Medical Journal
    • Obesity in childhood and adolescence: evidence based clinical and public health perspectives [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Pediatric body mass index : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Obesity, weight loss

Obesity, weight loss

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults [2003]
  • Dietitians Association of Australia
    • Overweight and Obesity - The Problem [2000]
    • Overweight and Obesity - The Causes [2000]
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Obesity Guidelines [Collection of guidelines]
  • NSW Health
    • The Weight of Time - Time influences on overweight and obesity in women [2006]
    • Report on the weight status of NSW: 2003 [2003]
  • NSW Public Health Bulletin
    • Seeing obesity as a systems problem [2007]
• Canada
  • Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
    • Detection, prevention and treatment of obesity [1999]
  • Chronic Diseases in Canada
    • The burden of adult obesity in Canada [2007]
  • Guidelines Advisory Committee
    • Obesity in Adults [2007]
  • Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee
    • 2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity in adults and children [2007]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Psychological interventions for overweight or obesity [2009]
    • Improving health professionals' management and the organisation of care for overweight and obese people [2009]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Obesity - the policy challenges [2005]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Overweight and obesity [2003]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health
    • Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults [2009]
    • Tracking the Obesity Epidemic [2004]
• PAHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Obesity [Collection of guidelines]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Interventions to Prevent Obesity [2005]
    • Obesity - Problems and Interventions [2002]
• United Kingdom
  • Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team
    • Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Secondary Care [2005]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement [2004]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Obesity [2006]
  • Royal College of Physicians
    • Storing up problems. The medical case for a slimmer nation [2004]
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
    • Practice guidance: obesity [2005]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Screening for Obesity in Adults [2003]
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
    • Obesity and Overweight [2004]
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
    • AACE/ACE Obesity Position Statement (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology) [1998]
  • American Gastroenterological Association
    • American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on Obesity [2002]
  • American Heart Association
    • Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Effect of Weight Loss: An Update of the 1997 American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Obesity and Heart Disease [2005]
    • Obesity and Heart Disease [1997]
  • American Medical Association
    • Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity [2003]
  • Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
    • Management of Overweight and Obesity in the Adult [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Assessment and Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Adults [Guideline synthesis]
    • Management of overweight and obesity in the adult. Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium [2009]
    • VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for screening and management of overweight and obesity. Veterans Health Administration [2006]
    • Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care [2006]
    • Clinical implications of obesity with specific focus on cardiovascular disease: a statement for professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism [2004]
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    • Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) [Collection of guidelines]
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
    • Clinical Guidelines to Identify, Evaluate, and Treat Overweight and Obesity in Adults [1998]
  • Office of Quality and Performance
    • Management of Overweight and Obesity [2006]
  • Office of the Surgeon General
    • The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity 2001 [2001]
    • Overweight and Obesity [2001]
  • RAND
    • Obesity [Collection of guidelines]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Obesity in Europe [Collection of guidelines]
    • Obesity [Collection of guidelines]
    • Which are the known causes and consequences of obesity, and how can it be prevented? [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • Advances in Physiology Education
    • PGC-1{alpha}: a key regulator of energy metabolism [2006]
  • American Family Physician
    • Obesity [2002]
    • Medical Care for Obese Patients: Advice for Health Care Professionals [2002]
    • Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care [2001]
    • Successful Management of the Obese Patient [2000]
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Long-term weight loss maintenance [2005]
    • Genetics of common forms of obesity: a brief overview [2005]
    • Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs [2004]
    • Biomarkers of satiation and satiety [2004]
    • Rapid weight gain during infancy as a predictor of adult obesity [2003]
    • The importance of clinical research: the role of thermogenesis in human obesity [2001]
    • Standard definitions of overweight and central adiposity for determining diabetes risk in Japanese Americans [2001]
    • Measures of body composition in blacks and whites: a comparative review [2000]
    • Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index [2000]
    • Criteria for definition of overweight in transition: background and recommendations for the United States [2000]
    • Meta-analysis of resting metabolic rate in formerly obese subjects [1999]
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
    • Genetics of Leptin and Obesity: A HuGE Review [2005]
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
    • Principles and Practices in the Management of Obesity [2003]
  • Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
    • Review on epidemic of obesity [2009]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • If not dieting, now what? [2006]
    • BMI of Australian general practice patients [2006]
    • A weighty issue [2006]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Weight management [2006]
  • BMC Medical Genetics
    • Meta-analysis on the effect of the N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene (GRL) on human obesity [2006]
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
    • The obesity epidemic: too much food for thought? [2004]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Treating obesity in individuals and populations [2005]
    • The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakes [2004]
    • Management of overweight and obese adults [2002]
    • Obesity [2001]
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Stunting and future risk of obesity: principal physiological mechanisms [2003]
    • Obesity trends and determinant factors in Latin America [2003]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Managing weight gain as a side effect of antidepressant therapy [2003]
  • Diabetes
    • Beta-Cell Function in Obesity: Effects of Weight Loss [2004]
  • Diabetes Care
    • Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes [2003]
    • New Insights in Obesity [2002]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic of Obesity: An Energy Balance Perspective [2006]
    • Roles of Skeletal Muscle and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors in the Development and Treatment of Obesity [2006]
    • Genetics of Obesity in Humans [2006]
    • Adiponectin and Adiponectin Receptors [2005]
    • Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissue: Their Relation to the Metabolic Syndrome [2000]
  • Endocrinology
    • The Adipocyte--At the Crossroads of Energy Homeostasis, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis [2003]
    • Human Obesity--Lessons from Monogenic Disorders [2003]
  • Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Metabolic programming: fetal origins of obesity and metabolic syndrome in the adult [2006]
  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
    • Seasonal Changes in Adiposity: the Roles of the Photoperiod, Melatonin and Other Hormones, and Sympathetic Nervous System [2002]
    • Peripheral Signals Conveying Metabolic Information to the Brain: Short-Term and Long-Term Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis [2001]
    • Genetics of Pathways Regulating Body Weight in the Development of Obesity in Humans [2001]
    • Brain Pathways Controlling Food Intake and Body Weight [2001]
  • Experimental Physiology
    • The neurobiology of human obesity [2005]
  • Genetics
    • Pooling Analysis of Genetic Data: The Association of Leptin Receptor (LEPR) Polymorphisms With Variables Related to Human Adiposity [2001]
  • Gut
    • New thoughts on managing obesity [2004]
  • Human Molecular Genetics
    • Genetics of obesity and the prediction of risk for health [2006]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • Treatment and prevention of obesity--are there critical periods for intervention? [2006]
    • The emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries [2006]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor {gamma} and Adipose Tissue--Understanding Obesity-Related Changes in Regulation of Lipid and Glucose Metabolism [2007]
    • The Epidemic of Obesity [2004]
    • Race/Ethnic Issues in Obesity and Obesity-Related Comorbidities [2004]
    • Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Disease [2004]
    • Metabolic and Body Composition Factors in Subgroups of Obesity: What Do We Know? [2004]
    • Medical Consequences of Obesity [2004]
    • Obesity as a Neuroendocrine Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Proopiomelanocortin and Melanocortin Receptor Mutations in Mice and Men [2001]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Revisiting leptin’s role in obesity and weight loss [2008]
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Obesity: The Integrated Roles of Environment and Genetics [2004]
    • Energy Homeostasis, Obesity and Eating Disorders: Recent Advances in Endocrinology [2004]
    • Understanding Obesity and Program Participation in the Context of Poverty and Food Insecurity [2003]
    • The Underlying Basis for Obesity: Relationship to Cancer [2002]
    • Obesity, body fat distribution, insulin sensitivity and Islet beta-cell function as explanations for metabolic diversity [2001]
    • Obesity in developing countries: biological and ecological factors [2001]
    • Infectobesity: Obesity of Infectious Origin [2001]
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Obesity in Adults: An Applied Evidence-Based Review [2004]
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition
    • Obesity and Health Risks [2002]
  • Keio Journal of Medicine
    • Obesity as a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease [2004]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • The obesity epidemic: both energy intake and physical activity contribute [2004]
    • Management of obesity [2004]
    • Snowballing obesity: Australians will get run over if they just sit there [2003]
    • Losing the battle of the bulge: causes and consequences of increasing obesity [2001]
  • QJM
    • The medical complications of obesity [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Nutritional and metabolic diseases : Clinical tools, medical calculators
    • Body weights and measures : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Obesity: surgical treatment
    • Obesity: pharmacologic treatment
    • Obesity: diet, nutrition, physical activity
    • Obesity in children and adolescents

Obesity: diet, nutrition, physical activity

• Asia
  • Asian Food Information Centre
    • Dietary Guidelines [Collection of guidelines]
• Australia
  • Australian Medical Association
    • Nutrition [2005]
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Dietary Guidelines for all Australians [2003]
  • NSW Health
    • Eat Well NSW - Strategic Directions for Public Health Nutrition 2003-2007 [2004]
  • Nutrition Australia
    • Nutrition Australia [Collection of guidelines]
• Canada
  • Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
    • Non-surgical treatment of obesity [2006]
  • Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee - British Columbia
    • Overweight, obesity and physical inactivity [2005]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Canada's Food Guide [2007]
• Europe
  • European Commission - Public Health
    • Nutrition [Collection of guidelines]
    • Nutrition and diet for healthy lifestyles in Europe [2001]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity [2009]
    • Exercise for overweight or obesity [2009]
    • Diet or exercise, or both, for weight reduction in women after childbirth [2009]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Dietary habits of the Irish population: results from SLÁN Annual Report 2003 [2003]
• Malaysia
  • nutriWEB Malaysia
    • nutriWEB Malaysia [Collection of guidelines]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Guidelines for a healthy diet 2006 [2007]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health
    • Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Older People: A background paper - Draft for consultation [2009]
    • Healthy Eating – Healthy Action, Oranga Kai – Oranga Pumau: Progress on Implementing the HEHA strategy 2008 [2008]
    • Healthy Eating – Healthy Action: Implementation Plan: 2004–2010 [2004]
    • Food and Nutrition Monitoring in New Zealand [2003]
    • Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Adults [2003]
• PAHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Obesity, Diet, and Physical Activity [2003]
    • Diet, Nutrition and Physical Activity [2003]
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Healthy eating [Collection of guidelines]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Counseling: Healthy Diet [2003]
    • Counseling: Physical Activity [2002]
  • American College of Preventive Medicine
    • Diet in the Prevention and Control of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Type II Diabetes [2002]
    • Weight Management: Counseling of Overweight Adults [2001]
  • American College of Sports Medicine
    • Appropriate Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults [2001]
  • American Diabetes Association
    • Weight Management Through Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale and Strategies: A statement of the American Diabetes Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, and the American Society for Clinical Nutrition [2004]
  • American Dietetic Association
    • Position and Practice Papers [Collection of guidelines]
  • American Heart Association
    • Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Revision 2006: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee [2006]
    • Dietary Protein and Weight Reduction [2001]
    • AHA Dietary Guidelines [2000]
    • Very Low Fat Diets [1998]
  • American Medical Association
    • Foods and Nutrition [Collection of guidelines]
  • CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    • Physical Activity and Good Nutrition: Essential Elements to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Obesity [2006]
    • Physical Activity and Health [1999]
  • CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
    • Physical Activity for Everyone: Effective Population-Level Strategies to Promote Physical Activity from the Guide to Community Preventive Services [Collection of guidelines]
    • Nutrition and Physical Activity [Collection of guidelines]
    • Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook [2002]
  • Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
    • Diet Programs for Weight Loss in Adults [2004]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee [2006]
    • Adult weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. American Dietetic Association [2006]
    • Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [2005]
  • Nutrition.Gov
    • Nutrition.Gov [Collection of guidelines]
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture - Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion
    • U.S. Department of Agriculture - Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion [Collection of guidelines]
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Library - Food and Nutrition Information Center
    • Food and Nutrition Information Center: Dietary Guidance [Collection of guidelines]
    • Food Guide Pyramid [Collection of guidelines]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • Dietary Guidelines for Americans [Collection of guidelines]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Physical Activity [Collection of guidelines]
    • Nutrition [Collection of guidelines]
    • Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health [Collection of guidelines]
    • Diet and physical activity: a public health priority [Collection of guidelines]
    • Diet [Collection of guidelines]
    • Controlling the global obesity epidemic [Collection of guidelines]
    • Second WHO European action plan for food and nutrition policy : WHO European Region 2007-2012 [2008]
    • What is known about the effectiveness of economic instruments to reduce consumption of foods high in saturated fats and other energy-dense foods for preventing and treating obesity? [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Low-Carbohydrate Diets [2006]
    • Common Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss [2004]
    • Counseling for Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Patients [2003]
    • Are Low-Fat Diets Better than Other Weight-Reducing Diets in Achieving Long-Term Weight Loss? [2003]
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • The influence of food portion size and energy density on energy intake: implications for weight management [2005]
    • The economics of obesity: dietary energy density and energy cost [2005]
    • Teaching, learning, doing: best practices in education [2005]
    • Solutions to obesity: perspectives from the food industry [2005]
    • Physical activity considerations for the treatment and prevention of obesity [2005]
    • Government perspective: food labeling [2005]
    • Behavioral treatment of obesity [2005]
    • Saturated fats: what dietary intake? [2004]
    • Role of calcium and dairy products in energy partitioning and weight management [2004]
    • Is a calorie a calorie? [2004]
    • Dietary supplements for body-weight reduction: a systematic review [2004]
    • Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity [2004]
    • Calcium intake and adiposity [2003]
    • Gene-diet interactions in obesity [2000]
    • Practical and realistic approaches to healthier diet modifications [1998]
  • Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
    • Fast Food, Central Nervous System Insulin Resistance, and Obesity [2005]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • The science behind weight loss diets - A brief review [2006]
    • The role of physiotherapy in weight control [2006]
    • Individualising weight loss prescription - A management tool for clinicians [2006]
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Trends in dietary patterns of Latin American populations [2003]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Role for a sense of self-worth in weight-loss treatments: Helping patients develop self-efficacy [2008]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Diet in the management of weight loss [2006]
    • Clinical nutrition: 5. How much should Canadians eat? [2002]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Very-low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets revisited [2002]
  • Endocrinology
    • Glucocorticoids--Food Intake, Abdominal Obesity, and Wealthy Nations in 2004 [2004]
  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
    • Neonatal Nutrition: Metabolic Programming of Pancreatic Islets and Obesity [2003]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • Food environments and obesity--neighbourhood or nation? [2006]
  • Journal of Applied Physiology
    • Role of physical activity in preventing and treating obesity [2005]
    • Fat as an endocrine organ: influence of exercise [2005]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Diet, Insulin Resistance, and Obesity: Zoning in on Data for Atkins Dieters Living in South Beach [2004]
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
    • Mobile eHealth Interventions for Obesity: A Timely Opportunity to Leverage Convergence Trends [2005]
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Obesity and the Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Homeostasis: The Role of Spontaneous Locomotor Activity [2005]
    • Nutritional, Dietary and Postprandial Oxidative Stress [2005]
    • The Role of Leucine in Weight Loss Diets and Glucose Homeostasis [2003]
    • Mechanisms of Dairy Modulation of Adiposity [2003]
    • Increased Dairy Product or Calcium Intake: Is Body Weight or Composition Affected in Humans? [2003]
    • Calcium Intake and Reduction in Weight or Fat Mass [2003]
    • Physiological Effects of Medium-Chain Triglycerides: Potential Agents in the Prevention of Obesity [2002]
    • The Nutrition Transition and Obesity in the Developing World [2001]
    • Nutrition Guidelines and Education of the Public [2001]
    • Early Nutrition and Later Adiposity [2001]
    • Choose Beverages and Foods to Moderate Your Intake of Sugars: The 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans--What's All the Fuss About? [2001]
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
    • Dietary Calcium Intake and Obesity [2005]
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition
    • The Influence of Dietary Composition on Energy Intake and Body Weight [2002]
    • Regulation of Adiposity and Obesity Risk By Dietary Calcium: Mechanisms and Implications [2002]
    • Calcium and Weight: Clinical Studies [2002]
    • Eating Patterns, Dietary Quality and Obesity [2001]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Nutrition problems in an obesogenic environment [2006]
    • Importance of retaining a national dietary guideline for sugar [2001]
  • Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
    • Nonequilibrium thermodynamics and energy efficiency in weight loss diets [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obesity, weight loss

Obesity: pharmacologic treatment

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Rimonabant for overweight or obesity [2009]
    • Long-term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight [2009]
    • Long-term effects of weight-reducing drugs in hypertensive patients [2009]
    • Chitosan for overweight or obesity [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sibutramine in the management of obesity: a technology assessment [2002]
    • A rapid and systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of orlistat in the management of obesity [2001]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Obesity - rimonabant [2008]
    • Obesity - orlistat [2001]
    • Obesity - Sibutramine [2001]
  • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
    • NICE Single Technology Appraisal Guidance No 144 – Rimonabant for the treatment of overweight and obese adults [2008]
  • Royal College of Physicians
    • Anti-obesity drugs. Guidance on appropriate prescribing and management [2003]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity [2004]
    • Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance Enhancement: Clinical Efficacy and Side Effects [2003]
  • American College of Physicians
    • Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians [2005]
  • Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
    • Pharmacological Approaches to Weight Loss in Adults [2003]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Treatment of obesity. Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [2007]
    • Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Is Fluoxetine an Effective Therapy for Weight Loss in Obese Patients? [2003]
    • Medical Management of Obesity [2000]
    • Drug Therapy for Obesity [2000]
  • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Metformin as Treatment for Overweight and Obese Adults: A Systematic Review [2005]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Weight loss medications - Where do they fit in? [2006]
    • Complementary medicines and weight management [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis [2007]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Obesity [2006]
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • Medical Therapy for Obesity: Present and Future [2004]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Pharmacological Approaches to Weight Reduction: Therapeutic Targets [2004]
    • Pharmacological Therapy of Obesity: Past, Present, and Future [2003]
  • Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Emerging Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity [2005]
  • Molecular Interventions
    • Serotonin 5-ht2c receptor agonists: potential for the treatment of obesity [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obesity, weight loss

Obesity: surgical treatment

• Australia
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Intragastric balloons for the temporary management of morbid obesity [2008]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
    • Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for the Treatment of Obesity [2002]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Surgery for obesity [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgery for people with morbid obesity: a systematic review and economic evaluation [2002]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Bariatric surgical service for the treatment of people with severe obesity [Collection of guidelines]
    • Obesity (morbid) - surgery [2002]
  • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
    • Surgery for Obesity [2007]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy [2008]
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
    • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery medical guidelines for clinical practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient [2008]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Morbid Obesity Referral Guidelines [2005]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • SAGES guideline for clinical application of laparoscopic bariatric surgery [2008]
    • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery medical guidelines for clinical practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient [2008]
    • Expert panel on weight loss surgery. Massachusetts Department of Public Health [2007]
    • Practice advisory on liposuction. American Society of Plastic Surgeons [2004]
  • Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    • Weight Loss Surgery [Collection of guidelines]
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
    • Guidelines for Clinical Application of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Solutions in weight control: lessons from gastric surgery [2005]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Management of obesity - The role of surgery [2006]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Minimally invasive surgery for morbid obesity [2004]
  • Diabetes Care
    • Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity [2005]
    • Surgery as an Effective Early Intervention for Diabesity: Why the reluctance? [2005]
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Surgical treatment of obesity [2008]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Gastric Bypass for Obesity: Mechanisms of Weight Loss and Diabetes Resolution [2004]
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition
    • The Development of the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity [2002]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Obesity, weight loss and bariatric surgery [2005]
    • Difficulties in provision of bariatric surgical services to the morbidly obese [2005]
  • Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
    • The surgical management of severe obesity [2004]
  • Postgraduate Medical Journal
    • Surgery for morbid obesity [2007]
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Update on obesity surgery [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obesity, weight loss