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American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP)
For the public: ASBP offers information on the growing problem of obesity, tips on weight loss, and a referral program to reach our member physicians for professional consultation.
For the medical community: ASBP offers an exciting series of continuing medical education programs, a peer-reviewed quarterly journal, The Bariatrician, and a bi-monthly newsletter.
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Nutrition Data
On Nutrition Data, you’ll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods. The information in Nutrition Data’s database comes from the USDA’s National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and is supplemented by listings provided by restaurants and food manufacturers. The source for each individual food item is listed in the footnotes of that food’s Nutrition Facts page. In addition to food composition data, Nutrition Data also provides a variety of proprietary tools to analyze and interpret that data. These interpretations represent Nutrition Data’s opinion and are based on calculations derived from Daily Reference Values (DRVs), Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs), published research, and recommendations of the FDA.
FitDay
Get your free online diet journal and start tracking your foods, exercises, weight loss and goals. Track your calories, nutrition, weight loss and more. Join over 2 million FitDay members using our site to take control of their diet and lose weight.
Calorie King
Calorie King’s business is to set the food record straight. They exist to provide facts that generate the Aha! moments that anchor changed thinking about food, and result in sustainable behavior improvements and better health.