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Obesity   

Websites

Journals

Texts

Documents/Reports

Facts & Stats

Pipeline Drugs

Websites   

Professional Organizations

• Academy for Eating Disorders
• Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
• Canadian Obesity Network
• Centers for Obesity Research and Education (CORE)
• European Association for the Study of Obesity
• International Association for the Study of Obesity
• International Obesity Taskforce
• Minnesota Obesity Center (University of Minnesota)
• Obesity Action Coalition
• Obesity in America
• Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity (Yale University)
  
• S.T.O.P. Obesity Alliance
• Online Best Evidence Service In Tackling obesitY+ (OBESITY+)
• Worldwide Listing of Associations for the Study of Obesity

General Information

• Obesity (Health Canada)
• Obesity (MedlinePlus)
• Obesity (NCBI Genes and Disease)
• Obesity (World Health Organization)
• Obesity in Children (MedlinePlus)
• Office of Obesity Research (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Overweight and Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Overweight and Obesity (American Academy of Pediatrics)
  
• Rationale for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity (American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery)
• Weight Loss Surgery (MedlinePlus)
• Weight-control Information Network (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Tools and Calculators

• Basal Metabolic Rate (Health Marketplace)
• Body Mass Index Calculator (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
• Calories Burned Calculator (Health Marketplace)

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Journals:   

• Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity
• Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
• International Journal of Obesity
• International Journal of Pediatric Obesity (IJPO) (International Association for the Study of Obesity)
• Obesity (The Obesity Society)
• Obesity Facts
• Obesity Reviews (International Association for the Study of Obesity)
• Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (American Society for Bariatric Surgery)

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Recommended Texts:   

•  A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults (Apovian & Lenders, 2007) - $
  
•  Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System: From Basic Aspects to Clinical Management of Related Cardiometabolic Risk (Despres & Di Marzo, 2008) - $
  
• Anaesthesia for the Overweight and Obese Patient (Bellamy & Struys, 2007) - $
  
• Challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response: Summary (WHO, 2007)
• Challenges of Caring for the Obese Patient (Gallagher, 2005) - $
  
•  Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome in Mental Health (Rosen & Wirshing, 2008) - $
  
• Fatty Acids and Lipotoxicity in Obesity and Diabetes (Spiegelman/Novartis Foundation, 2008) - $
  
• Genetics of Obesity Syndromes (Beales et al. 2008) - $
  
•  Handbook of Obesity Prevention: A Resource for Health Professionals (Kumanyika & Brownson, 2007) - $
  
  
• Managing obesity: A Clinical Guide (Nonas & Foster/American Dietetic Association, 2nd ed. 2009) - $
  
•  The Metabolic Syndrome (Byrne & Wild, 2005) - $
  
• The Metabolic Syndrome: Epidemiology, Clinical treatment and Underlying Mechanisms (Hansen & Bray, 2008) - $
  
•  Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiology, Assessment and Management (Krentz & Wong, 2007) - $
  
• Neurobiology of Obesity (Harvey & Withers, 2008) - $
  
• Obesity Prevention and Public Health (Crawford & Jeffery, 2005) - $
  
• Obesity Surgery: Principles and Practice (Pitombo et al. 2008) - $
  
•  Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome: From Bench to Bedside (Bray, 2006) - $
  
• Pediatric Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Strategies for Primary Care (Hassink, 2007) - $
  
•  Treatment of the obese patient (Kushner & Bessesen, 2007) - $

Back to top Selected Documents/Reports: 2009+   

• Currie J, Della Vigua S, Moretti E, Pathonia V.  The effect of fast food restaurants on obesity and weight gain.  Working Paper 14721.  Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research; February 2009.
  
• Whitlock EP, O’Connor EA, Williams SB et al.  Effectiveness of weight management programs in children and adolescents.  Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 170 (Prepared by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0024).  AHRQ Publication No. 08-E014. Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2008.
• Practice guidance:  OTC orlistat.  London:  Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; April 20, 2009. (PDF)
  
• Jia H, Lubetkin EI.  Trends in quality-adjusted life-years lost contributed by smoking and obesity.  Am J Prev Med.  2010; 38(2):138-144.  

• Obesity in Canada: A joint report from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Ottawa: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada; 2011.

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Selected Facts & Stats:   

The following two studies and editorial are related:


The next two reports are from Statistics Canada:


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Drugs Currently "in the Pipeline"/Being Investigated for Obesity:   

phentermine/topiramate combination
Qnexa® by Vivus – Mountain View, California
Updated information can be found among Vivus press releases.

naltrexone SR/bupropion SR combination
Contrave® by Orexigen – La Jolla, California
Updated information can be found among Orexigen press releases.

lorcaserin
Arena – San Diego, California
Updated information can be found among Arena press releases.

pramlintide/metreleptin combination
Joint venture between Amylin – San Diego, California & Takeda – Osaka, Japan
Watch for further news among Amylin press releases and/or Takeda press releases.

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links to electronic resources accessible online for Dal-affiliated persons

Compiled by Johannah Profit (2013) & Elizabeth Foy