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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
"...is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases."

American Dietetic Association Position Papers Index

American Institute for Cancer Research
Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
"...site you'll find news, research updates, recipes, free publications and tips for good health ó information to help you live a healthier, cancer-free life."

• Educational Booklets and Brochures

Assessment of Nutrient Requirements for Infant Formulas
Life Sciences Research Office Report, American Society for Nutritional Sciences

Bibliography: Journal Articles, Bulletins, Book Chapters, and Ph.D. Dissertations Using Data from the USDA Nationwide Food Surveys - (dead link)

Collection on Critical Global Issues
"The Collection on Critical Global Issues 2.0 was developed in 1999 by United Nations University Press. It contains 210 publications (32,000 pages) in the fields of Agriculture and Land Management, Development, Environment and Sustainability, Food and Nutrition, Natural Resource Development, Science and Technology."

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
"...is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases."

Encyclopedia Nutrition Reference
From MEDLINEplus, National Library of Medicine

FAO International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
"INFOODS is a comprehensive effort, under the United Nations University Food and Nutrition Programme and co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to improve data on the nutrient composition of foods from all parts of the world."

Food and Nutrition Information Center Reports and Studies

Food and Nutrition Library
"The Food and Nutrition Library 1.0 was developed in January 2000 by the United Nations University and the NGO Global Help Projects/ Humanity Libraries Project. It contains 260 publications (28,000 pages) of ideas, experiences and solutions in the fields of Food and Nutrition, Food Policy, Nutrition Research, including the Food and Nutrition Bulletin."

Harvard University - Department. of Nutrition

• Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease (November 1999)

The Journal of Nutrition Online

National Academy Press (free online versions)

• 2003
  • Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food
    Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food, National Research Council, 2003.
• 2002
  • Evolution of Evidence for Selected Nutrient and Disease Relations
    Committee on Examination of the Evolving Science for Dietary Supplements, Institute of Medicine, 2002.
• 2001
  • Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment
    A Report of the Subcommittees on Interpretation and Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes and Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients, and the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board, 2001.
  • Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition of Dietary Fiber
    Panel on the Definition of Dietary Fiber, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board, 2001.

National Food Safety Database

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Office of Dietary Supplements
  • Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research, 1999

NLM Gateway Search
"The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE."
National Library of Medicine

National Network for Childcare Nutrition Database

New York Times - College Nutrition
Recent articles from the New York Times.
Free registration may be required.

NOVA Online

• Dying to be Thin
  "...the companion Web site to "Dying to be Thin," scheduled for broadcast on December 12, 2000. The film examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia." You can watch the entire program online.

Nutrient Data Laboratory
"The USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) is responsible for providing information on the nutrient content of foods consumed in the United States. NDL develops and maintains a number of different databases including the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) and the Primary Data Set for USDA Nationwide Food Surveys (PDS)."
Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Nutrition News
Colorado States University Cooperative Extension

PBS - Frontline - Diet Wars
"Is low fat batter than low carb? Is Atkins the answer? And which diet offers long-term health and permanent weight loss? Frontline examines the great diet debate."
Sections include: Watch the Full Program ; Some Basics: Food, Fat & Diets ; The Fattening of America ; Interviews ; Quiz ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

Refugee Nutrition Information System
"The reports focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, and some information of Asia is included."

Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE)
USDA

Sante7000
"This program looks up a table of 7,248 foods selected from the USDA survey database. 29 nutrients are shown in the detail."
"Our database is the highlight of our website. We hope it will become an essential tool for making sustainable seafood choices. Each page features a brief description of the fish followed by some important things to be aware of when considering buying or serving it. We also note whether other groups have recommended the fish."
Let's you know from an environmental perspective if a specific fish should be avoided.
- From Seafood Choice Alliance

Science News Online

• No Hiding Most Trans Fats
  Article by Janet Raloff, July 19, 2003.

Tufts Nutrition News

Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy

• Feinstein International Famine Center
  Sections include: Programs ; Publications ; Training ; Education.
  • Darfur, Livelihoods under Siege
    Center Report by Young, H., Osman, A., Aklilu, Y., Dale, R., Badri. B., 2005.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Portal
  Includes: "Thousands of full-text publications and technical documents on agriculture, fisheries, nutrition and forestry, available through the Internet, on specific subjects such as trends in trade, country-specific information, food safety and deforestation ... Codes of conduct, interactive tools for use at the national level, and early warning and disaster prevention systems ... Data, including maps and charts, obtained through the FAO online statistical databases, containing over one million time-series records, covering international statistics in the area of agricultural production, trade indices, food supply, land and food aid ...Thousands of other multimedia resources available on the FAO Web site."
• Committee on World Food Security (27th Session)
  Rome, Italy, 28 May - 1 June 2001
  • The Report of the 27th Session of the Committee on World Food Security

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Center for Health Statistics
  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Online Newsletters & Reports

  • Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
  • Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) - (dead link)
    • Community Nutrition Research Group (CNRG) - (dead link)
      "To monitor and assess the capacity of communities to meet their food and nutrition needs for a better understanding of linkages between nutrition, agriculture, health and community."
      • FoodLink - (dead link)
        "...(formerly known as the Food Grouping System) is a computerized food data linkage system which links USDA survey foods to information on ingredients and commodities. The linked results are databases used to facilitate research analyses. FoodLink is a multiple level system used by ARS to produce the comprehensive databases of survey foods expressed in terms of Pyramid Servings, portion sizes, ingredients of meat and grain mixtures, commodities, and proposed changes to nutrient levels for enriched and fortified cereal grains, etc."

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - www.health.gov
"...is a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies."

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
  "...is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases."

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
  • Report of the FDA Retail Food Database of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors (August 2000)