Information about Losing Weight and
Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Information on Food and Nutrition from FDA

• Calories Count: FDA Obesity Working Group Report and Related Information March 2004
• Losing Weight: More Than Counting Calories April 2002
• A Consumer's Guide to Fats January 1999
• Food Label Makes Good Eating Easier December 1997
• New Dietary Guidelines Give Practical Advice for Healthier Living September-October 2000
• Nutrition and Weight Loss Q&As
• The Power of Choice: Helping Youth Make Healthy Eating and Fitness Decisions September 2003
• Sugar Substitutes November-December 1999

Other Information from FDA

• Consumer Research on Weight Loss Practices
• Overweight, Obesity Threaten U.S. Health Gains March-April 2002
• Protecting Yourself Against Health Fraud

Information from Other Federal Government Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Overweight and Obesity
• Department of Agriculture
  • Economic Research Service
    • Obesity in America
  • Food and Nutrition Service
    • Eat Smart. Play Hard.^TM
  • National Agricultural Library - Food and Nutrition Information Center
    • Weight Managment
    • Reports and Studies on Obesity December 2003
    • Weight Control and Obesity Resource List for Consumers September 2002
    • Childhood Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and Researchers June 2000
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Office of the Surgeon General
    • Overweight and Obesity
  • Healthfinder
    • Obesity
    • Weight Control
  • Office on Women's Health
    • Women's Body Image and Health
• Federal Citizen Information Center
  • Setting Goals for Weight Loss
• Federal Trade Commission
  • Red Flag: Bogus Weight Loss Claims
  • Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services
• FirstGov for Consumers
  • Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Obesity Education Initiative
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • Weight Loss and Control
• National Library of Medicine
  • Weight Loss/Dieting (MEDLINEplus)
• National Women's Health Information Center
  • Obesity
  • Weight Loss