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Science and Obesity
The emerging science of body weight regulation and its impact on obesity treatment (Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2003)
Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults (Journal of the American Medical Association - includes lots of links to other articles)
Genetics of obesity: What do we know? (Webcasts from Harvard University symposia, 2004)
Statistics from the CDC
Toward Sensitive Treatment of Obese Patients (American Academy of Family Physicians, 2002)
Body Image and Eating Disorders
The Something Fishy Site on Eating Disorders Body Image (from the Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center) Size Acceptance - Boosting Body Image at Any Weight Love Your Body Day (from the NOW Foundation) AboutFace.org
Nutrition and Exercise
The USDA Food and Nutrition Site The Nutrition Source (Harvard School of Public Health) Nutrition Analysis Tools Fitness Fundamentals Cool Running's Couch-to-5K Running Plan
Bariatric Surgery
ObesityHelp.com MedLine Plus Weight Loss Surgery page BariatricSurgery.info
Self-Publishing (not subsidy publishing!)
Para Publishing's extensive resources for self-publishing Tips from the Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network Self-Publishing Stigma is Perishing (from Wired News) Self-Publishers FAQ from Creative Minds Press
Great Independent Bookstores
Prospero's Bookstore Rainy Day Books The Last Chapter Bookshoppe Full Circle Books Duck's Cottage Shaman Drum Books
Fun Reading
Searchable Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database Searchable poems and poets' bios from poet.org Glimmer Train (fiction) The Sun (a magazine of ideas)
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