Mission:
To advance and support the physician's role in treating overweight patients.
For the public, ASBP offers information on the growing problem of obesity, tips on weight loss, and a referral program to reach our member physicians for professional consultation.
For the medical community, ASBP offers an exciting series of continuing medical education programs, a peer-reviewed quarterly journal, The Bariatrician, and a bi-monthly newsletter.
Visit the American Society of Bariatric Physicians website
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The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading 501(C)3 nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities.
Visit the The American Diabetes Association website
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The American Dietetic Association is the nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals
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The Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation (Diabetes Action), a non-profit organization founded in 1990, is committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and to the funding of innovative, promising research aimed at finding a cure for diabetes and diabetes related complications.
Visit the Diabetes Action Foundation website
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The OAC offers you comprehensive and unbiased educational and advocacy information. The OAC aims to educate patients, family members and the public on obesity and morbid obesity. In addition, the OAC will increase obesity education, work to improve access to medical treatments for obese patients, advocate for safe and effective treatments and strive to eliminate the negative stigma associated with all types of obesity.
Visit the The Obesity Action Coalition website
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The American Council on Exercise® is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. As America's Authority on Fitness, ACE protects all segments of society against ineffective fitness products, programs and trends through its ongoing public education, outreach and research.
Visit the American Council on Exercise (ACE) website
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Bariatric Science provides bariatric research articles for medical and surgical weight loss practices.
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The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."
Visit the American Heart Association website
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The National Dairy Council® (NDC) disseminates nutrition programs, materials and research to support government recommendations for improved nutrition for Americans, including consumption of at least three servings of nutrient-rich low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products a day.
Visit the The National Dairy Council® (NDC) website
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