By Kathleen Goodwin, RD

Dependable Weight Loss Resources

Read the following pages/chapters in your text, Dieting For Dummies this week: Chapter 13, pages 155-161, Appendix A, pages 287-294

Part 8 continued......

Dependable weight loss resources

When it comes to weight loss, every corner has a snake oil salesman, and unfortunately, a sucker is born every minute to keep his pocketbook filled. Below are several dependable and knowledgeable sources of weight loss information whose material and advice you don't have to question.

Weight loss organizations you can depend on

• The American Dietetic Association
  216 W. Jackson Blvd.
  Chicago, IL 60606-6995
  800-366-1655
  E-mail:

• The American Council on Exercise
  5820 Oberlin Drive, Suite 102
  San Diego, CA 92121
  800-529-8227
• The American Heart Association
  7272 Greenville Avenue
  Dallas, TX 75231-45961
  800-242-8721
• Weight Control Information Network National Institutes of Health
  NIDDK
  1 Win Way
  Bethesda, MD 20892-3665
  800-946-8098
  E-mail:
• American College of Sports Medicine
  P.O. Box 1440
  Indianapolis, IN 46206-14401
  317-637-9200
  E-mail:
• American Institute for Cancer Research
  1759 R Street NW
  Washington, D.C. 20009
  800-843-8114
  E-mail:
• Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists
  90 S. Cascade Avenue, Suite 1230
  Colorado Springs, CO 80903
  719-475-7751
  E-mail:
• Shape Up America
  6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 306
  Bethesda, Maryland 20817
  E-mail:

Web sites for weight loss and fitness information

• Cyberdiet
  http://www.cyberdiet.com

• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
  http://www.navigator.tufts.edu
• Weight Control Information Network
  http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm
• Fat City
  http://www.dietfraud.com
• American Dietetic Association
  http://www.eatright.org
• Healthy Weight Network
  http://www.healthyweightnetwork.com
• Shape Up America
  http://www.shapeup.org
• Calorie Control Council
  http://www.caloriecontrol.org
• The Diet Channel
  https://thedietchannel.com
• Nutrition Action Health Letter
  http://www.cspinet.org/nah/
• Mayo Clinic Nutrition Center
  http://www.mayohealth.org/home?id=4.1.5
• American Council on Exercise
  http://www.acefitness.org/

Weight loss and exercise books

• Strong Women Stay Slim, by Miriam Nelson, Ph.D.

• The Diet-Free Solution, by Laurel Mellin
• Thin for Life, by Anne Fletcher
• Eating Thin for Life, by Anne Fletcher
• Thin for Life Daybook, by Anne Fletcher
• Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole
• The Weigh Down Workshop, by Gwen Shamblin
• Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, by Geneen Roth
• Dieting for Dummies, by Jane Kirby
• Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell, by Debra Waterhouse
• Smart Eating, Choosing Wisely, Living Lean, by Covert Bailey
• Smart Exercise, by Covert Bailey
• Make the Connection, by Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene
• ACSM Fitness Book, by The American College of Sports Medicine

Healthy eating cookbooks

• Prevention's The Healthy Cook, by Prevention Magazine Health Books

• Cooking Light Five Star Recipes, by Cooking Light Magazine
• Cooking Light Annual Recipes, by Cooking Light Magazine
• Cooking Light, Light and Easy Cookbook, by Cooking Light Magazine
• Moosewood Restaurant's Low-Fat Favorites
• The Phytopia Cookbook, by Barbara Gollman and Kim Pierce
• The Mayo Clinic Williams Sonoma Cookbook
• American Heart Association Around The World Cookbook
• American Heart Association Quick and Easy Cookbook
• The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 25th Anniversary
• Healthy Homestyle Desserts, by Evelyn Tribole
• Healthy Homestyle Cooking, by Evelyn Tribole

Healthy eating newsletters

• Consumer Reports on Health
  Box 52148
  Boulder, CO 80322
  800/234-2188

• Mayo Clinic Health Letter
  Subscription Services
  P.O. Box 53889
  Boulder, CO 80322-3889
  800/333-9037
• Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
  P.O. Box 57857
  Boulder, CO 80322-7857
  800/274-7581
• University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter
  Health Letter Associates
  P.O. Box 420235
  Palm Coast, FL 32142-0235
  800/829-9080
• Nutrition Action Health Letter
  Center for Science in the Public Interest
  Suite 300
  Washington, D.C. 20009
  800-237-4874
• Nutrition Forum
  Quackwatch
  P.O. Box 1747
  Allentown, PA 18105

Healthy eating online recipes

• Mayo Clinic's Virtual Cookbook

• Cooking Light Recipe Finder
• Fat Free

Healthy eating magazines

• Shape

• Eating Well
• Cooking Light
• Men's Fitness
• Living Fit

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