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Nutrition and health information for all ages.

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Below is a list of valuable web site links that are reputable sources of scientific and consumer nutrition information for consumers and professionals.

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Consumer

Online Newsletters

• FDA Consumer Magazine

• National Council Against Health Fraud

• Nutrition Action Healthletter - Center for Science in the Public Interest

• Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

• University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter

 

Online Searches

• Food and Nutrition Information Center - gateway to government nutrition information

• Nutrition Navigator - Tufts University

• American Dry Bean Board - Nutrition and cooking information about a wide variety of dried beans

• Cardiovascular Information for Patients and the General Public - Booklets on high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, and other cardiovascualr topics, as well as information in Spanish, from the National Heart, lung, and Blood Institute

• Consumer Health Information - A collection of online consumer health publications from the National Institutes of Health

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications - Provides up-to-date information about the safety of a variety of consumer products

• Consumer Protection: Diet, Health, and Fitness - Information from the Federal Trade Commission to help you avoid consumer rip-offs

• Delicious Decisions - Recipes and tips from the American Heart Association

• Fit Facts - Monthly fact sheets on fitness from the American Council on Exercise

• Fitness Library - A variety of articles on healthy lifestyle, physical activity, fitness equipment, and nutrition

• Food Finder - An interactive program by Olen Publishing to help you search for nutrition information on fast foods from 19 fast food restaurants

• Food Reflections Electronic Newsletter Archives - Short monthly "how-to" messages on food, nutrition, and food safety

• Food Safety Publications - A variety of fact sheets and information on food safety topics from the Food Safety and Inspection Service

• Good Nutrition Reading List - List of reliable nutrition publications compiled by the American Dietetic Association

• Grains Nutrition Information Center (Wheat Foods Council) - Food and nutrition tips on grain products

• Home Baking Association - Tips for baking a variety of products

• Meal Matters - Online tools to help families plan nutritious and delicious meals, find recipes and exchange meal planning ideas with other people from the Dairy Council of California

• Personal Health - Information from active individuals on exercise, nutrition, injury prevention, and rehabilitation from The Physician and Sportsmedicine

• Quackwatch - Information about health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies

• Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals (pdf) - Recipes and cooking tips for healthy meals within a limited budget

• Sensible Nutrition Resource List for Consumers - Recommended books and other resources on nutrition from the USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

 

Nutrition & Health Web sites for Youth

• BAM! - Answers kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways for them to keep their bodies and minds healthier, stronger and safer

• Clueless in the Mall Scavenger Hunt - Interactive scavenger hunt helps teens learn more about calcium

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Kids Page - Provides safety information of special interest to kids, such as bicycle safety, baseball safety, in-line skate safety, and more

• Dole 5 A Day - Information and educational materials encouraging children and their families to eat 5-9 servings of fruit and vegetables each day

• FDA Kids' Home Page - Food safety, health, and other information for kids ages 9-12 from the Food and Drug Administration

• Healthfinder Kids - Suggestions for sites on exercise and nutrition, games, and tips on surfing the Web for kids

• Girl Power - Health information geared to the needs and interests of girls ages 9-14

• Kidnetic.com - Kid-friendly games and ideas for active fun outside of organized sports as well as family-friendly recipes for kids and parents to do together

• Kids and Nutrition - North Dakota State University

• Kids Health for Kids - Information about feelings and changes, food and fitness, how your body works, and more

• Nutrition Cafe - Fun games to learn more about nutrition

• Smart Mouth.org - Smart-Mouth.org has games with a disintegrating face, a slick character that exposes how the food industry's drive for profit affects what you eat, a calorie meter that helps you see how your favorite foods stack up, and other surprising info about what you eat

• Take Charge of Your Health - Overview for teenagers to self-reflect on various components to good health

• TEAM Nutrition Page for Students - Provides fun, educational activities about nutrition and fitness through links to yourSELF Page for middle school students and The Kids Page for students in grades 3-5

 

Nutrition & Health Web sites for Parents

• Kids and Nutrition - North Dakota State University

• Kids Health for Parents - Information about behavior, emotions, and development; childhood infections; and other health, safety, and nutrition topics

• Nutrition Explorations - Fun food facts and tips for parents

• Nutrition for Kids - A monthly newsletter on child nutrition issues

• Parents' Corner - Nutrition and health articles of interest to parents from The FDA Consumer

• Raising Healthy Kids - Healthy snacks and parenting tips to promote good nutrition and physical activity for children

• Tiny Tummies - Nutrition information of interest to parents

• Zero to Three presents the "Young Explorers" - Helpful parenting information for the first three years of life

 

Nutrition & Health Web sites for Nutrition Educators

Nutrition Information

• 5 A Day The Color Way - National coalition encouraging increased consumption of fruits and vegetables

• Building Blocks for Fun and Healthy Meals

• CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - USDA

• Child Care Recipes: Food for Health and Fun

• Food and Nutrition Information Center Resource Lists

• Food Reflections Electronic Newsletter Archives - University of Nebraska, Lancaster County

• Index of Food and Nutrition Internet Resources - USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

• International Food Information Council

• Pick a better snack™ - Social marketing campaign designed to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among Iowa children

• National Food Service Management Institute Newsletters

• Nutrient Data Laboratory - USDA

• Nutrition.gov

• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

 

Physical Activity Information

• CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Breastfeeding Information

• American Academy of Pediatrics

• Centers for Disease Control

• Health and Human Services Web site for Women

• www.nutrition.gov

Nutrition Education Curriculum Database - Looking for nutrition education resources for children? Use this database to search according to age level, standards/benchmarks and audience size

Poverty Information

• Could There Be Hunger in America? (pdf) - USDA Center for Nutrition and Policy Promotion

• Development of the Official USDA Food Plans - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

• Division of Economic Assistance - Iowa Department of Human Services

• Food Research and Action Center - FRAC site contains state profiles on poverty, hunger, and nutrition program participation

• gettingfoodstamps.org

• Institute for Research on Poverty

• Poverty Guidelines, Research and Measurement - Department of Health and Human Services

• Revised Thrifty Food Plan 1999 - USDA

 

Programming for Limited Resource Families

• CYFERNet: Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network

• Employment First - Welfare Reform Educational Materials - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension

• Foods and Nutrition Fact Sheets for Limited-Income Audiences - Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program

• Food Stamp Nutrition Connection - USDA

• Food Stamp Nutrition Education National Web site

• Preparing Nutritious Meals at Minimal Cost (pdf)

Cultural Diversity and Nutrition

• The Cook's Thesaurus

• Cultural Diversity: Eating in America - Mexican-American

• Cultural Diversity: Eating in America - Vietnamese

• Cultural Diversity: Eating in America - African-American

• Food in Latin America

• La Cocina Mexicana

• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources

• The Mexican Kitchen/La Cocina de Mexico

• Resources for the Anthropological Study of Food Habits

Programming for Youth Audiences

• Are You What You Eat?

• Center of the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents

• Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juveniles en Espanol

• Dole 5 A Day

• Food and Nutrition Resources for Grades Preschool Through 6

• Food and Nutrition Resources for Grades 7 through 12

• Kids and Nutrition - North Dakota State University

• NSBA's School Health Programs Resource Database

• Quests for Better Health

• VERB to Go

Working with Low Literacy Adults

• Writing for Reading - Guide for Developing Print Materials in Nutrition for Low Literacy Adult

• Nutrition Education for Low-literate Teens & Adults

 

Government Sites

• Dietary Guidelines - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

• Food Label Overview - Food and Drug Administration

• Food and Nutrition Information Center - gateway to government nutrition information

• Healthfinder - resources for reliable health information; Department of Health and Human Services

• Healthy People 2010 - prevention agenda - statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats

• National Institute on Aging

• Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Dietary Allowances - Food and Nutrition Information Center

• United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition

• Cardiovascular Information for Patients and the General Public - Booklets on high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, and other cardiovascualr topics, as well as information in Spanish, from the National Heart, lung, and Blood Institute.

• Consumer Health Information - A collection of online consumer health publications from the National Institutes of Health

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications - Provides up-to-date information about the safety of a variety of consumer products

• Consumer Protection: Diet, Health, and Fitness - Information from the Federal Trade Commission to help you avoid consumer rip-offs

• Food Safety Publications - A variety of fact sheets and information on food safety topics from the Food Safety and Inspection Service

• Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals (pdf) - Recipes and cooking tips for healthy meals within a limited budget

• Sensible Nutrition Resource List for Consumers - Recommended books and other resources on nutrition from the USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

 

Other

• American Cancer Society

• American Dietetic Association

• American Diabetes Association

• American Heart Association

• Center for Science in the Public Interest

• CNN - Food and Health News Main Page

• Gatorade Sports Science Institute - sports nutrition resource

• Harvard Health Publications

• Iowa Women's Health Information Center

• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis - Nutrition

• Pick a Better Snack - Iowa Department of Public Health

• International Food Information Council - nutrition and food safety resource

• WebMD - medical and health information resource

 

 

Professionals

Online Journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

• International Journal of Sport Nutrition

• Journal of Applied Physiology

• Journal of Nutrition

• Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

• Journal of the American Dietetic Association

• Journal of the American Medical Association

• Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

• Medline Electronic Journals

• New England Journal of Medicine

• NewJour - an archive to more than 4,800 online journals and newsletters

• The Physician and Sportsmedicine

Online Searches

• Alphabetical list of diseases - Karolinska Institutet

• Arbor Nutrition Guide - search engine for online resources in nutrition

• Food and Nutrition Information Center - gateway to government nutrition information

• Pub Med - National Center for Biotechnology Information and National Library of Medicine

• Medline - National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health

• Nutrition Navigator - Tufts University

 

Government Sites

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Combined Health Information Database - bibliographic database including titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources

• Dietary Guidelines - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

• Food Label Overview - Food and Drug Administration

• Food and Nutrition Information Center - gateway to government nutrition information

• FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

• Healthfinder - resources for reliable health information; Department of Health and Human Services

• Healthy People 2010 - prevention agenda - statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats

• National Institutes of Health - Department of Health and Human Services

• National Cancer Institute

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

• National Institute on Aging

• Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data - United States Department of Agriculture

• Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Dietary Allowances - Food and Nutrition Information Center

• United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition

 

Other

• American Diabetes Association

• American Society for Clinical Nutrition

• Complete Nutrition and Health: Dictionaries, Online journals... - guide to nutrition, health and related subjects

• Gatorade Sports Science Institute - sports nutrition resource

• Harvard Health Publications

• Virtual Hospital - University of Iowa

• WebMD - medical and health information resource

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