Organizations
The Academy for Eating Disorders
America on the Move (tm)
American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists (ABPNS)
American Council for Fitness & Nutrition
American Diabetes Association
The American Dietetic Association
American Heart Association
American Obesity Association
American Physiological Society
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
The Hormone Foundation
International Association for the Study of Obesity
International Obesity Task Force
Intersociety Professional Nutrition Education Consortium(IPNEC)
Kidney & Urology Foundation of America
Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
Worldwide listing of Associations for the Study of Obesity (from the IOTF website)
Obesity Journals
International Journal of Obesity
Obesity Research—the leading journal on obesity
Research Centers
Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO)
The Donald B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity
Mayo Clinic & Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Medical University of South Carolina Weight Management Center
The Minnesota Obesity Center
Monell Chemical Senses Center
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health
The New York Obesity Research Center
Obesity Research Center, Boston Medical Center
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Nutrition Sciences (and Obesity Research Center)
University of Colorado Center for Human Nutrition
University of Pennsylvania Weight and Eating Disorder Program
Recruitment for Obesity Studies

New York City Area: Clinical Studies of the Effect of Leptin Administration on Weight Loss. Seeking pre-menopausal overweight and obese females for an ongoing clinical study of the role of leptin administration during a low calorie diet. Weight loss intervention in a partially inpatient setting and study medication are provided free of charge. More information... ClinicalTrials.gov: -The National Institutes of Health, through it’s National Library of Medicine, developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients and the general public with current information about clinical research studies.

Information on Obesity
Association for Coordination and Research
in Obesity and Nutrition (in French and English)
Clinical
Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and
Obesity in Adults: Evidence Report
Food
and Nutrition Center (USDA)
Food Surveys Research Group
(USDA)
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health
Patient Information
Documents on Nutrition and Obesity (NIDDK)
The Rudd Institute—Information on
the bias, stigma and discrimination associated with obesity
Shape Up America
TOPS: Take Off Pounds Sensibly
Toward a National Action
Plan on Overweight and Obesity: The Surgeon General's Initiative (December 7
& 8, 2000) (archived videocast)
Obesity and Academic Performance