Weight Loss and Dieting |
Weight Control; Weight loss |
Measuring body weight on a scale Dieting is the practice of eating (and drinking) in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular, short-term objective. This is distinguished from the more basic concept of "diet," which addresses the longer-term and more generic habit of nutritional consumption. For example, a vegan eats a diet completely without animal products, including milk; but while this is a diet, it is not "dieting." The most common objective of dieting is loss of excess body fa ...
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Weight Loss and Dieting Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.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/
- NIDDK Weight-control Information Network
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/
- Harvard School of Public Health
- La Leche League International http://www.lalecheleague.org/
- American Osteopathic Association http://www.am-osteo-assn.org/
- National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- AIDS.ORG, Inc. http://www.aids.org/index.html
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Health Resources Services Administration Information Center http://www.ask.hrsa.gov
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- Weight Control Information Network, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. http://www.anred.com/
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Communication Support Center, OPHS, OS, HHS http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.fda.gov/cder/
- Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission
- Partnership For Healthy Weight Management http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- The Diet Channel http://www.thedietchannel.com

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