Category

Databases and Web Sources

Note

Disease Description

CDC: Overweight and Obesity

Obesity in Diseases Database

Databases

Diet, Nutrition & Obesity Database

GeneDis Website for Obesity

Obesity Gene Map Database

Education

Obesity and Overweight: Basics about Overweight and Obesity

U.S. Obesity Trends 1985 to 2002

Overweight Prevalence

Education-Genetics

Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective

Obesity and Genetics:  What We Know, What We Don’t Know and What It Means

Single gene disorders that have obesity as primary feature

Genetic polymorphisms and Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) associated with specific obesity sub-phenotypes

Obesity Genetics Research Articles

Organization

American Obesity Association

Weight-control Information Network

Take Off Pounds Sensibly

Drug-Long term treatment

Sibutramine

Orlistat