The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management

Membership List

The Partnership for Healthy Weight Mangement was organized in 1998 to promote reliable methods for healthy weight management. The partnership is composed of organizations and individuals from inducstry, public advovacy organizations, government agencies, scientific associations, and universities.

The Partnership issues Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products and Services to encourage weight loss programs to provide consumers with basic program information. Providers of weight loss products or services that choose to follow these guidelines will give you information to help you make sound weight management decisions.

To receive a copy of the Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products and Services, go to the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management Web page or write:

Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Attention: Partnership for Healthy Weight Management

American Association of Lifestyle Counselors
Dallas, TX

American Dietetic Association
Chicago, IL

American Obesity Association
Washington, DC

American Society for Clinical Nutrition
Bethesda, MD

American Society for Bariatric Physicians
Englewood, CO

American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Gainsville, FL

Center for Bariatric Medicine
Roanoke, VA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Chapman & Company
Charlottesville, VA

Comprehensive Weight Control
Rockville, MD

Council on Size & Weight Discrimination
Mt. Marion, NY

Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Division of Nutrition Reseach Coordination
National Institutes Of Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bethesda, MD

eDiets.com
Deerfield Beach, FL

Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Washington, DC

The George Washington University Obesity Management Program
Washington, DC

Health Management Resources
Boston, MA

International Food Information Council
Washington, DC

Jenny Craig, Inc.
Del Mar, CA

Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
Mt. Olive, NJ

Lindora Medical Clinics
Costa Mesa, CA

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Nutrition
Baltimore, MD

Medical University of South Carolina Weight Management Center
Charleston, SC

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

The New York Obesity Research Center
New York, NY

North American Association for the Study of Obesity
Silver Spring, MD

Novartis Nutrition Corporation
St. Louis Park, MN

Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc.
San Rafael, CA

Shape Up America!
Bethesda, MD

Slim-Fast Foods Company
West Palm Beach, FL

Society for Nutrition Education
Bethesda, MD

Tanita Corporation of America
Arlington Heights, IL

The Theodore Vanltallie Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY

University of Colorado
Center for Human Nutrition
Denver, CO

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Washington, DC

Weight Watchers International, Inc
Woodbury, NY

Wheat Foods Council
Parker, CO