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For More Information
National Weight Control Registry
1-800-606-NWCR (1-800-606-6927)
www.nwcr.ws This study gathers information from people who have successfully lost weight and kept it off. The registry would like to hear from anyone 18 or older who has lost at least 30 pounds and maintained that weight loss for at least a year.
Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
1-877-946-4627
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, 2001
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/
American Dietetic Association
1-800-877-1600, or 1-800-366-1655 for recorded food/nutrition messages
www.eatright.org
American Obesity Association
1-800-98-OBESE (1-800-986-2373)
www.obesity.org
Obesity Education Initiative
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
301-592-8573
http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/
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