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Find the right approach
Your doctor's surgery
Commercial Slimming Organisations
Meal replacements
Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs)
Other approaches
Medical approaches

To keep you up-to-date with what's going on in the field of nutrition, physical activity and health, we recommend any of these sites:

• Department of Health (England)
  www.doh.gov.uk
• Food Standards Agency
  www.eatwell.gov.uk
• NHS Direct
  www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
• NHS Scotland
  http://www.scot.nhs.uk
• Health Promotion Agency Northern Ireland
  http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/
• Department of Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland)
  www.dhssni.gov.uk
• Association of the Study of Obesity
  www.aso.org.uk
• British Dietetic Association
  www.bda.uk.com
• National Obesity Forum
  www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk

• Welsh Department for Public Health and Health Professions
  http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/ocmo/?lang=en

• Health Education Trust
  http://www.healthedtrust.com
• British Heart Foundation
  www.bhf.org.uk
• Heart UK
  http://www.heartuk.org.uk
• BHF Centre for Physical Activity and Health
  www.bhfactive.org.uk
• Walking Your Way To Health
  www.whi.org.uk
• Sustrans active travel
  www.sustrans.org.uk
• British Nutrition Foundation
  www.nutrition.org.uk
• Food and Drink Federation
  http://www.foodfitness.org.uk
• Diabetes UK
  www.diabetes.org.uk
• BBC Health
  www.bbc.co.uk/health

Other lifestyle weight management programmes

• www.shape-up.org
  www.weightconcern.org.uk
  Shape-up is a lifestyle programme developed by health professionals at the Charity Weight Concern.

• www.fatmanslim.com
  A lifestyle programme for men developed by Dr Ian Campbell, Chairman of the National Obesity Forum

• www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/
  A BBC website offering information and support to enable you to eat a healthier diet and increase activity levels.

• www.weightlossresources.co.uk
  For straight forward information and resources to help you lose weight.
• www.patient.co.uk
  Comprehensive up to date health information

  Books

  • 'Diet Trials, How to succeed at dieting', by registered dietitian Lyndel Costain. BBC Worlwide Limited, 2003.
    ISBN 0563488727. Cost: £6.99
  • Fighting Fat, Fighting Fit, by Janette Marshall.
    BBC Worldwide Limited, 1999. ISBN 0563384905. Cost: £4.99
  • Overcoming Binge Eating, by Chris Fairburn
    ISBN 0898621798. Cost: £13.95
  • Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)
    Treasure and Schmidt. ISBN 0863773222. Cost: £11.95
  • The New Glucose Revolution, by J Brand Miller, Anthony Leeds
    ISBN 0340827025. Cost: £7.99

  • “The 10-day Gi Diet: Lose Up to an Inch Off Your Waist” by Azmina Govindji and Nina Puddefoot  Vermillion Press 2006 £6.99 ISBN (EAN) 9780091906979 (0091906970)

    “The GI Plan: Lose Weight Forever” by Azmina Govindji and Nina Puddefoot Vermillion Press 2004 £7.99 ISBN (EAN) 9780091900090 (0091900093).

    “Shop yourself thin – your supermarket weight loss guide - The GDA Diet”
    Nigel Denby  Capstone Publications £7.99 ISBN 9781906465391.

    “The Calorie, Carb and Fat Bible 2009: The UK's Most Comprehensive Calorie Counter” by Lyndel Costain, Juliette Kellow and Rebecca Walton 2009 £12.99.

  • Many of these books (especially the older ones) are available on-line at a lower cost and some are available free of charge on Google Books.

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