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• Department of Health and Human Services
• Mayo Clinic
• New York Times

Below are links to resources with background information on the obesity epidemic in the United States.

• Overweight and Obesity - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
   
• MedlinePlus: Obesity - The U.S. National Institutes of Health.
   
• Obesity - The World Health Organization (WHO)
   
• Obesity - Harvard University Medicine
   
• Children: Obesity and Overweight - University of Michigan Health System
   
• Obesity Wikipedia entry - Online encyclopedia
   
• Obesity In America - Provides the latest data, analysis and research on the obesity epidemic, weight loss, related diseases.
   
• Obesity - The Obesity Action Coalition
   
• KidsHealth: Obesity
   
• The Obesity Society - An interdisciplinary society whose purpose is to develop, extend and disseminate knowledge in the field of obesity.