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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Cancer Society
American College of Sports Medicine
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
American Heart Association
American Urological Association, Inc.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Men's Health Network
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Health Statistics
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (Part of NIDDK)
US Food and Drug Administration
American Society of Bariatric Physicians
American Society of Bariatric Surgery
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Office of the Surgeon General of the United States - Overweight and Obesity
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