Obesity Education Initiative
                                                              CLINICAL GUIDELINES
                                                              ON THE
                                                              IDENTIFICATION,
                                                                VALUATION, AND
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                                                              TREATMENT OF
                                                              OVERWEIGHT AND
                                                              OBESITY IN ADULTS
                                                              The Evidence Report
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                                                               CLINICAL GUIDELINES
                                                               ON THE
                                                               IDENTIFICATION,
                                                                 VALUATION, AND
                                                               E              Only
                                                               TREATMENT OF
                                                               OVERWEIGHT AND
                                                               OBESITY IN ADULTS
                                                               The Evidence Report
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                                                               NIHPUBLICATION
                                                               NO. 98-4083
                                                                EPTEMBER 1998
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                                                                 ATIONAL INSTITUTES
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                        Historical                             OF HEALTH
                                                               National Heart, Lung, 
               for                                             and Blood Institute in 
                                                               cooperation with 
                                                               The National Institute of
                                                               Diabetes and Digestive and
                                                               Kidney Diseases
                 NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative 
                 Expert Panel on the Identification,
                 Evaluation, and Treatment of 
                 Overweight and Obesity in Adults
                 F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H.                William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D.
                 Chair of the Panel                               Director
                 Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition    Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
                 Director, Obesity Research Center                National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
                 St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center              and Health Promotion
                 Professor of Medicine                            Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
                 Columbia University College of Physicians and    Atlanta, GA                       Only
                   Surgeons
                 New York, NY                                     John P. Foreyt, Ph.D.
                                                                  Professor of Medicine and Director 
                 Diane M. Becker, Sc.D., M.P.H.                   Nutrition Research Clinic
                 Director                                         Baylor College of Medicine
                 Center for Health Promotion                      Houston, TX 
                 Associate Professor
                 Department of Medicine                           Robert J. Garrison, Ph.D.
                 The Johns Hopkins University                     Associate Professor
                 Baltimore, MD                                    Department of Preventive Medicine
                                                                  University of Tennessee, Memphis
                 Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.                           Memphis, TN 
                 Professor of Exercise Physiology
                                                                  Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D.
                 Physical Activity Sciences                     Reference 
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                  Laboratory                                      Director
                 Laval University                                 Center for Human Nutrition
                 Sainte Foy, Quebec                               University of Texas
                 CANADA                                           Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
                                                                  Dallas, TX 
                 Richard A. Carleton, M.D.
                 Professor of Medicine                            Barbara C. Hansen, Ph.D.
                 Brown University School of Medicine              Professor of Physiology
                 Pawtucket, RI                                    Director of Obesity and Diabetes Research Center
                                                                  University of Maryland School of Medicine
                 Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.                 Baltimore, MD 
                 Associate Professor of Medicine
                              Historical Millicent Higgins, M.D.
                 Harvard Medical School 
                 Channing Laboratory                              Department of Epidemiology
                 Boston, MA                                       School of Public Health
                   for                                            University of Michigan
                                                                  Ann Arbor, MI 
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