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TOAST (The Obesity Awareness & Solutions Trust)
www.toast-uk.org

National Obesity Forum
www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk

International Obesity TaskForce
www.iotf.org


Pharmaceutical Journal 2006;276;563 (13 May 2006)
The Department of Health has published a number of obesity and weight management resources: the “Obesity care pathway” booklet for health professionals, the “Your weight, your health” guide for patients and the “Why weight matters” leaflet for overweight or obese patients.

They are available to download via the DoH website


Pharmaceutical Journal 2005;274;490 (23 April 2005)
Joslin Diabetes Centre New Nutrition Guidelines for People with Type 2 Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes who are Overweight or Obese


Pharmaceutical Journal 2005;274;435 (9 April 2005)
Practice guidance: obesity and overweight The role of community pharmacists in helping to tackle the problem of obesity is becoming more widely recognised. This guidance on best practice for pharmacists when advising on obesity has been prepared in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s practice division PDF (80K)


Obesity Resource Information Centre A list of fact sheets produced by the Obesity Resource Information Centre can be found here


Getting to grips with obesity (Continuing Professional Development series) more


House of Commons Health Committee report on obesity (May 2004) BBC

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