The American Board of Bariatric Medicine is an independent medical specialty board responsible for certifying physicians in the field of bariatric medicine. Bariatric medicine is the medically-supervi sed...
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a national public health association, founded in 1988 to link the chronic disease program directors of each state and U.S. territory to provide...
The Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI) is the world's first organization dedicated to tackling the unmet psychological needs of people with diabetes. The BDI offers an array of evidence-based clinica l...
The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance brings together a diverse and powerful group of consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care orga nizations...
This blog is a forum developed to facilitate discussion on key topics related to obesity and obesity-related diseases. And there are many topics to discuss!
Obesity continues to plague our nation and...
The Diabetes Teaching Center (DTC) was launched in 1977. One of the first comprehensive programs of its kind, the DTC brings together the skills of physicians, nurses, counselors, pharmacists and nut ritionists...
The Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center is a multidisciplinary unit of the University of Michigan Health System funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1977. MDRTC is one of seven NIH...