ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Naheed Ali, M.D., is the author of the highly revered book Diabetes and You: A Comprehensive, Holistic Approach. Dr. Ali began writing professionally while still an undergrad in college, when he was published as the sole author of a high-impact academic journal article. Since then, he has appeared as a special guest on numerous talk shows and has been quoted in many national print magazines and TV websites across the United States. Additional information is available online at NaheedAli.com.
APPENDIX A: OBESITY-RELATED WEBSITES
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053103
www.bodypositive.com
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm
www.health.gov/PAGuidelines
www.ific.org/nutrition/obesity/upload/obesitybackgrounder.pdf
www.mayoclinic.com/health/fitness/SM99999
www.mypyramidtracker.gov
www.obesity.org
www.obesityresource.com/
www.shapeup.org/
www.smallstep.gov
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
www.ymca.net
www.ywca.org
APPENDIX B: RESEARCH AND TRAINING
APPENDIX C: OBESITY-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
APPENDIX D: SELECTED STUDIES
Americans Consume Too Many Calories from Solid Fat, Alcohol, and Added Sugar
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Nutrition Insight 33, June 2006.
www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/NutritionInsights/Insight33.pdf
BMIBody Mass Index
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm
Defining Overweight and Obesity
DHHS, CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/defining.htm
Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/health_risks.htm
From Wallet to Waistline: The Hidden Costs of Super Sizing
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)
www.cspinet.org/w2w.pdf
Obesity among Older Americans
Georgetown University, Center on an Aging Society
Data Profile Number 10, July 2003.
www.hpi.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/pubhtml/obesity2/obesity2.html
Obesity and Disability: The Shape of Things to Come
RAND Health Research Highlights (RB-9043-1), 2007.
www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9043-l/indexl.html
Overweight and Obesity: Economic Consequences
DHHS, CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/economic_consequences.htm
Overweight and ObesityStatistics
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1197994908531FS16OVR08.pdf
Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity
NIDDK, Weight-control Information Network
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/
The Contribution of Expanding Portion Sizes to the US Obesity Epidemic
Lisa R. Young, PhD, RD, and Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 2(2OO2):246-5O.
www.steinhardt.nyu.edu/nutrition.olde/PDFS/young-nestle.pdf
The Health Risks of Obesity: Worse Than Smoking, Drinking, or Poverty
RAND Research Brief (RB-4549), 2002.
www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB4549
The Price Is Right: Economics and the Rise in Obesity
Jayachandran N. Variyam
USDA Economic Research Service, AmberWaves, February 2005.
www.ers.usda.gov/amberwaves/february05/features/thepriceisright.htm
U.S. Obesity Trends 1985-2007
DHHS, CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/index.htm
Weighing In on Obesity
Food Review 25, no. 3 (Winter 2002).
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/foodreview/dec2002/
RESOURCES
A Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005
Active at Any Size
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/active.htm
Aim for a Healthy Weight
DHHS, NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) NHLBI Publication No. 05-5213
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/aim_hwt.htm
Finding Your Way to a Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Agriculture
www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/brochure.htm
Fit and Fabulous as You Mature
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/mature.htm
Just Enough for You: About Food Portions
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/just_enough.htm
Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for Everybody
Donald Hensrad, MD (editor), and the Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN: Mayo Clinic Health Information, 2005
ISBN: 1-8930-0534-8
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Brian Wansink, PhD
New York: Bantam Dell, 2006
ISBN: 978-0-553-38448-2
No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2005
ISBN: 1-4000-5159-2
The Complete Food Counter, Third Edition
Annette B. Natow, PhD, and Jo-Ann Heslin
New York: Pocket Books, 2009
ISBN: 1-4165-6666-X
The Calorie Counter, Fourth Edition
Annette B. Natow, PhD, and Jo-Ann Heslin
New York: Pocket Books, 2007
ISBN: 1-4165-0982-8
The Step Diet Book: Count Steps, Not Calories, to Lose Weight and Keep It off Forever
James O. Hill, PhD, John C. Peters, PhD, and Bonnie T. Jortberg New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2004
ISBN: 0761133240
The Volumetrics Eating Plan: Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories
Barbara Rolls, PhD
New York: HarperCollins, 2005
ISBN: 0-0607-3730-1
The Way to Eat
David L. Katz, MD, and Maura Gonzalez
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002
ISBN: 1-4022-0264-4
Watch Your Weight! (Available in English and Spanish)
DHHS, NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) NHLBI Publication No. 96-4047
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_wt.htm
What Are Overweight and Obesity?
DHHS, NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/obe/obe_whatare.html
What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?
DHHS, NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/obe/obe_risks.html
Weight and Waist Measurement: Tools for Adults
www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/tools.htm
Overweight, Obesity & Weight Management
International Food Information Council Foundation, 2007-2009 IFIC Foundation Media Guide on Food Safety and Nutrition, chapter 5