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of dollars are spent every year on fad diets and products
that only help to shed pounds in the short-term. Many people
using these products gain most of their weight back within
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offered below may require payment, or sign-up for free membership.
You can also contact a
Registered Dietitian - these are nutrition experts
who specialize in treating/helping clients manage a wide variety
of nutrition-related conditions).
Canadian:
- Hugs
International
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The center for information and resources about nondieting.Offers
support and programs for people seeking a lifestyle without
diets.Frustrated
dieters looking for ways off the diet roller coaster, will
find many sources of help here.
- Body
Break's Weight Management/Healthy Eating Programs-
Jennifer Andrews, R.D. counsels those who want to
increase energy through food choices; want to make permanent
changes to eating habits; find that they lose weight but
tend to regain it; eat for emotional reasons; are an athlete
and want to maximize exercise efforts; have high cholesterol;
don't feel in control of eating; are preoccupied with weight
and food; want to gain weight the healthy way; and want
to make smart food choices for health.
U.S.:
- Dietless
- Founded
by Dr. Carol Asada is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with
a private practice in the San Diego area and Dr. Joanna
Lee Haase is a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist
with a private practice in the Los Angeles area. Dietless
is a comprehensive Step by Step program designed to help
women achieve permanent changes in how they approach food
and eating.
- Comprehensive
Treatment Programs - offered by
Michael D. Myers M.D. Dr. Myers site
provides objective medical information on obesity, eating
disorders, and associated medical conditions in a non-commercial
environment where any editorial comment is appropriately
noted. As a practicing physician,member of NAASO (North
American Association for the Study of Obesity) and lecturer
(to hospital medical staffs and most recently, annual scientific
assembly of the California Academy of Family Physicians),
Dr Myers has actively treated obesity and (to a lesser extent)
eating disorders for over 17 years.
- DietWatch
- is a privately held company based in New
York City. DietWatch.com is the first and largest virtual
diet center on the Web where users can actively manage their
diet online. Since July 1998, over 325,000 members have
joined the online service. DietWatch is guided by healthcare
professionals and complies with the HONcode principles of
the Health on the Net Foundation.
- eDiets.com
Personalized Diet Program - combines
convenience, personalization, privacy, and safe supermarket
foods in an online alternative to traditional weight-loss
or healthy eating programs. eDiets.com understands that
there is no single dietary program that works for all people,
which is why we provide weight-loss and healthy eating plans
customized for each individual member. It does not matter
if the member is a type 2 diabetic, a vegetarian who prefers
to dine out, or an aspiring gourmet; eDiets.com's personalized
plans, updated weekly, are developed to reflect each member's
unique needs and lifestyle.
- F.L.E.X.
Weight Loss & Self-Development -
on the cutting edge of incorporating the physical and nutritional
aspects of total weight management from the emotional and
psychological perspective.
- Healthy
Habits
- Healthy Habits™ is a step-by-step program designed
to help you get and stay slim by combining psychology, behavior
modification, Neuro-Linguistic Programming along with the
American Dietetic Association's eating guide. Healthy Habits™
will help you uncover hidden reasons that may have prevented
you from losing weight in the past. Book available in .netMarket.
- John
Hopkins Weight Management Center -
The treatment programs of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management
Center are based on the latest research in the fields most
important to effective weight management -- medicine, behavioral
psychology, nutrition and exercise physiology. Most important,
the programs are designed to take into account the differences
among people.
- Life
Minders Diet & Fitness Program - the
online solution we've all been surfing for: a personally
customized, interactive personal trainer and nutritionist.
- Lifestyles
By Ronda Gates - Ronda Gates, M.
S., a motivating and entertaining agent of change, is one
of the most respected health promotion and weight management
consultants in the U. S. Her company, LIFESTYLES by Ronda
Gates, develops and delivers programs and products that
support a healthy lifestyle.
- McDougall
On-Line Wellness Center - The founder of
the McDougall Plan for healthy living, has been studying
and writing about the effects of nutrition on disease for
over 20 years. Dr. John McDougall believes that people should
look and feel great, and enjoy optimal health for a lifetime.
Dr. McDougall has developed a nourishing, low-fat, starch-based
diet that not only promotes a broad range of dramatic and
lasting health benefits such as weight (fat) loss, but most
importantly can also reverse serious illness, such as heart
disease, without drugs.
- NIH/NHLBI's
Aim For A Healthy Weight Site - provides
the public with guidelines offering a new approach for the
measurement of overweight and obesity, and a set of steps
for safe and effective weight loss.
- NIH/NIDDK's
Sisters Together: Move more, eat better -
Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better was a 3-year (1995-1998)
health awareness program designed to encourage African American
women, 18 to 35 years of age, from the Boston communities
of Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury to control their weight
by increasing physical activity and eating healthy foods.
In an effort to help health professionals and interested
individuals and organizations plan, execute, and evaluate
similar community based health programs, NIDDK has published
the Sisters Together planning guide. This guide provides
a detailed account, along with reproducible materials, of
the steps followed to develop the Boston-based program.
- Nutrio.com's
Weight Loss Wizard - Receive your
personalized nutrition, fitness, and mind/body assessments
by completing the Wizard today! Plus, get guaranteed results
by following your customized program!
- OBGYN.net's
Weight Management Pages -
Americans are suffering from dozens of obesity related illnesses,
spending millions (if not billions) of dollars annually
playing catch-up against their overweight. This site attempts
to provide good, logical, and effective strategy for weight
loss and control.
- Partnerhship
For Healthy Weight Management - the
Partnership is comprised of 41 organizations and individuals,
including representatives from industry groups, public advocacy
organizations, government agencies, scientific associations
and academia. Provides
consumers with information to evaluate weight loss products
and services.
- Shape
Up America - a
high profile national initiative to promote healthy weight
and increased physical activity in America.
- The
Diet Channel's Free, Self Study, On-line Weight Loss Program
- The Diet Channel is managed by Kathleen
Goodwin, a Registered Dietitian for ten years, who has helped
thousands of clients improve their health and well-being
through better diet. Kathleen is a 1990 graduate of The
University of Connecticut's Clinical Nutrition Program.
The Diet Channel your one-stop site for excellent nutrition
information and services.
- The
Dietless Program - a comprehensive
Step by Step program designed to help women achieve permanent
changes in how they approach food and eating. Founders of
the program are Dr. Carol Asada - a licensed Clinical Psychologist
with a private practice in the San Diego area and Dr. Joanna
Lee Haase a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist
with a private practice in the Los Angeles area. Both founder
have expertise in Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa and
Binge Eating Disorder.
- University
of Alabama Weight Loss Classes -
UAB offers its well-known weight management program at the
Kirklin Clinic, 2000 6th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL. EatRight
is a 12 week physician directed comprehensive weight management
program for persons who want to lose weight and better manage
a chronic problem such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol
or arthritis.
Sites
Around the World-By Continent:
Europe:
- Fat-attack.com
(U.K.) -developed
by Susan Eacock as a directory on health, fitness and nutrition
where visitors can contribute recipes, comments and weight-loss
success stories.
- The
Weight Management Clinic (U.K.)
- staffed by two experienced physicians, a senior nurse
and a dedicated dietician all of whom have experience and
an interest in weight management. An initial assessment
and medical examination along with certain blood tests and
body measurements are undertaken. This is necessary in order
to exclude any underlying medical causes for obesity.
A specific
diet and behaviour modification plan is designed for each
individual. Medical therapy may be advisable for those with
resistant weight problems. All
patients are carefully followed up by the dietician and
doctors with regular reviews and diet and behavioural control.
Review of medical treatment, if initiated, is also carefully
reviewed.
Oceania:
- Australasian
Society for the Study of Obesity - mission
of ASSO is to improve the management and prevention of obesity
in Australasia through increased awareness and understanding,
improved research on obesity issues and the identification
of improved management and prevention practices.
- Perth
Diet Clinic (Australia) - has professionally
qualified dietitians who consult on both an individual basis,
as well as to industry and business. These accredited dietitians
can help clients with a weight or cholesterol problem, give
advice on food services, or give lectures as required.
Worldwide:
- International
Obesity Task Force - The International
Obesity Task Force was publicly launched in its present
form at the European Congress of Obesity in Barcelona in
1996, having been founded a year earlier in Copenhagen.
It unites some of the leading medical experts in the field
of obesity research and treatment from as far as China,
Australia, North and South America and across Europe, in
alerting the world to this serious health problem. Includes
a listing of obesity associations around the world.
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