A seasoned medical librarian provides top Internet resources on
health, eating, and nutrition! Obesity has reached epidemic
proportions not only in the United States, but also around the
world. How does someone with weight loss questions find the most
up-to-date information available to make informed health decisions?
Internet Resources on Weight Loss and Obesity provides you with a
comprehensive list of the best Web sites, already evaluated for
your convenience. The book helps you locate the correct information
you need on obesity and ways to combat itsaving you time from
having to resort to Google (R) or other search engines. This
valuable guide, written by a seasoned medical librarian, explains
the dynamic nature of the Internet, how to correctly use it, how to
easily find, evaluate, and use the latest health information on
weight loss, and even how to detect medical fraud. Internet
Resources on Weight Loss and ObesityInternet Resources on Weight
Loss and Obesity provides important advice and instruction on
mining information on this difficult health issue, and includes
dozens of Web addresses that offer appropriate, free of charge
information. The resource also explains ways to find additional
information and support you may need using discussion groups, chat
rooms, mailing lists, and newsgroups. Web sites are provided on
diet and nutrition, health and diet assessment, eating disorders,
obesity, weight-loss programs, bariatric (weight loss) surgery,
available medications, spas and residential diet programs, and
recipe information. This guide is written in clear, understandable
language that even the Internet beginner can use, and provides
vital information and help to anyone looking to lose weight and
change his or her life. In Internet Resources on Weight Loss and
Obesity, you will learn: how to determine whether medical and
nutrition information is factual how to locate helpful Web sites
where to begin researching particular diets or weight loss methods
how to evaluate a Web site how to detect outright medical fraud
when and how to use search engines what is the significance of Web
site address domains proper etiquette in Internet discussion groups
Internet Resources on Weight Loss and Obesity is a handy,
easy-to-use resource that is invaluable to librarians, Internet
users, or anyone needing important health information concerning
weight loss and obesity.
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