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Overweight
and Obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains this page
that defines terms, highlights trends, and explains the health and
economic consequences of America's weight problem.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/index.htm
Obesity
The Mayo Clinic provides some basic facts on obesity as a personal
health problem.
http://www.MayoClinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00314
Fitness
and Sports Medicine Center
The
Mayo Clinic's Fitness and Sports Medicine Center has information
about how fitness and exercise can improve your health Ð and how
to get started, no matter what your current fitness level. http://www.MayoClinic.com/findinformation/
conditioncenters/centers.cfm?objectid=
000BDE1A-6219-1B37-8D7E80C8D77A0000
Weight
Control Information Network
WIN
is an information service from the National Institute of Diabetes
& Digestive & Kidney Diseases and the National Institutes of Health.
This page aims to provide science-based information, with links
to fact sheets on current hot topics, research, and statistics.
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/
North
American Association for the Study of Obesity
This scientific society studies obesity. Their Web site has a number
of helpful links, including some to research studies.
http://www.naaso.org/
Gastrointestinal
Surgery for Severe Obesity
This page maintained by WIN runs through the basics of gastric bypass
surgery, including its risks and benefits.
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/gastric.htm
American
Society for Bariatric Surgery History
This page provides an interesting history of bariatric surgery starting
in the 1950s. It is maintained by a professional society for bariatric
surgeons.
http://www.asbs.org/html/table.html
Tufts
Obesity Consult Center
A program at Tufts New England Medical Center dedicated to weight
loss through a combination of methods such as nutrition, medicine,
behavioral health psychology, and surgery.
http://www.obesityconsult.org/
Laparoscopy.com
Picture Gallery
Check out photos and diagrams of what surgeons see when they perform
laparoscopic surgery at numerous sites throughout the body. In the
abdomen, the obesity-gastric bypass section might be of particular
interest.
http://www.laparoscopy.com/fr_pictures.html
LAP-BAND
Surgery
This
page provides some introductory information on how the lap-band
works.
http://www.obesitylapbandsurgery.com/tecmain.html
Transneuronix
The
company that manufactures the gastric stimulator includes some information
on how it works at this page.
http://www.transneuronix.com/home.asp t.
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