Obesity and Overweight Resources

• The NICHD Healthy Pregnancy for Every Body initiative encourages plus-size pregnant women and their healthcare providers to work together to promote healthy pregnancies and births. The effort explains that BMI is just one aspect of a healthy pregnancy plan, and should not be the sole focus of a plus-size pregnant woman’s care.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
  • Adult Overweight and Obesity
  • Childhood Overweight and Obesity
• Obesity Society offers information for healthcare providers and patients . 
• The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has multiple resources on overweight and obesity:
  • Weight Management
  • Diet & Nutrition
  • Weight Management & Healthy Living Tips
• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute leads research and activities related to obesity and overweight at the NIH. Among their resources are:
  • Overweight and Obesity
  • Aim for a Healthy Weight
  • Move More
  • The Heart Truth: Put Your Heart into Healthy Eating

Please note: Links to organizations and information included on this page do not indicate endorsement from NICHD, NIH, or HHS.

• Obesity Research at the National Institutes of Health
  The NIH seeks to identify genetic, behavioral, and environmental causes of obesity; understand how obesity leads to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other serious health problems; and build on basic and clinical research findings to develop prevention and treatment strategies.
  • Check out NIH Obesity Research.
  • Learn about the NIH Obesity Research Task Force.
  • Read the Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research.
  • Learn about NIH obesity research funding opportunities.
• The Obesity Society
  The Obesity Society is the leading scientific society dedicated to the study of obesity. The Obesity Society encourages research on the causes and treatment of obesity and works to keep the medical community and public informed of new advances.
  • Search the Obesity Society’s journal, Obesity.
  • Learn about the Obesity Society’s research grants .
• Obesity Education Initiative (OEI)
  The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute launched the OEI to help reduce the prevalence of overweight along with the prevalence of physical inactivity to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), overall morbidity and mortality from CHD, and the prevalence and severity of sleep apnea.
• National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)
  NCCOR brings together leading research funders in a public-private collaboration to accelerate progress on reversing the epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. youth. The mission of NCCOR is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and application of childhood obesity research, and to halt—and reverse—childhood obesity through enhanced coordination and collaboration.

Please note: Links to organizations and information included on this page do not indicate endorsement from NICHD, NIH, or HHS.