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The inclusion of web sites is intended to assist Spanish speaking patients in finding additional information to promote healthy weight and physical activity and does not constitute endorsement of the contents of any particular site.

American Obesity Association (AOA)
http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/whatisobesity_spanish.shtml
The AOA provides information and services include education, research, prevention, treatment, and consumer protection.

America on the Move
http://aom.americaonthemove.org/site/c.hiJRK0PFJpH/b.1312935/k.BEB7/Default.htm
This web site provides information regarding healthful eating and active living through evidence-based messages.

CDC: Calculate Your Body Mass Index
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/sp_bmicalc.htm

Center of Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5AlDia/index.htm
The web site provides information of increasing fruits and vegetable consumption.

MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/obesity.html
The web site contains obesity information provides by National Library of Medicine.

MyPyramid.gov
http://www.mypyramid.gov/sp-index.html
The web site provides information of the food pyramid.

SmallStep
http://www.smallstep.gov/esp/esp_index.html