Data, Reports & Research

The truth is in the numbers!

Read and download reports and current research regarding obesity prevention and treatment.  For more comprehensive data resources, please visit the Data page.

• A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States Statistical Sourcebook
  This report and statistical slides were produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Stroke Association and American Heart Association.

• Childhood Obesity PowerPoint Presentation
  This presentation on childhood obesity (PowerPoint) was developed by the American Heart Association. 

• CDC Overweight and Obesity Module
  This comprehensive module contains fact sheets, trends, programs and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

• Obesity and Overweight, September 2006
  This 2006 fact sheet was developed by the World Health Organization. 

• The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, The Problem of Overweight in Children and Adolescents
  This report on childhood obesity was compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

• The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
  This website contains press releases, reports and fact sheets from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.