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This article is about the medical term. For the stock market term, see overweight (stock market). The term overweight is generally used to indicate that a human (or other mammal) has more body fat than is typical or required for the normal functioning of the body. Being overweight is a fairly common condition for many people, especially in the United States and other developed nations where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles often do not involve a lot of exercise. Recent studies ...
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Obesity Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- NIDDK Weight-control Information Network
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- National Center for Environmental Health
- American Board of Bariatric Medicine
- American Obesity Association http://www.obesity.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), SAMSHA, HHS http://www.health.org/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Weight Control Information Network, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Communication Support Center, OPHS, OS, HHS http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- Division of Oral Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/oh/index.htm
- Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/default.htm
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/

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