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Weight Management - References

Citations

  1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (2000). The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (NIH Publication No. 00-4084). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/prctgd_c.pdf.

  2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (ODPHP Publication No. U0036). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available online: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf.

  3. Simon HB (2003). Diet and exercise. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., Scientific American Medicine, Clinical Essentials, chap. 4. New York: WebMD.

Other Works Consulted

  • Corbett EC (2007). Principles of nutrition in ambulatory care. In LR Barker et al., eds., Principles of Ambulatory Medicine, 7th ed., pp. 228-240. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Dansinger ML, et al. (2007). Meta-analysis: The effect of dietary counseling for weight loss. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147(1): 41-50.

  • Heymsfield SB, Baumgartner RN (2006). Body composition and anthropometry. In Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 10th ed., pp. 751-769. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • American Heart Association (2006). Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006. Circulation, 114(1): 82-96. [Erratum in Circulation, 114(1): e27.]

  • Gee M, et al. (2008). Weight management. In LK Mahan, S Escott-Stump, eds., Krause's Food and Nutrition Therapy, 12th ed., pp. 532-562. St Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.

  • Riedt CS, et al. (2007). Premenopausal overweight women do not lose bone during moderate weight loss with adequate or higher calcium intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85(4): 972-980.

  • Saper RB, et al. (2004). Common dietary supplements for weight loss. American Family Physician, 70(9): 1731-1738.

  • Truby H, et al. (2006). Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: Initial findings from the BBC "diet trials." BMJ. Published online May 23, 2007 (doi:10.1136/bmj.38833.411204.80).

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Last Updated: December 12, 2009
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