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 ASAA is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing injury, disability, and death from sleep apnea and to enhancing the well-being of those affected by this common disorder.
Visit the American Sleep Apnea Association website
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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 National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), is the largest prospective investigation of long-term successful weight loss maintenance.
Visit the The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) website
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Bariatric Science provides bariatric research articles for medical and surgical weight loss practices.
Visit the Bariatric Science website
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This is part of the Weight-Control Information Network (WIN), and is an information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). There is good general information here with BMI calculator, and a synopsis of know risks overweight and obesity.
Visit the US Obesity Statistics website
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