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Nutrition Sites

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Government Sites

• California Farmer's Markets
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Combined Health Information Database
  CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and information for health information and health education resources. Includes a searchable index and abstracts.
• Community Food Security Coalition
• Consumer Information Center
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Trade Commission .
  Features useful information and tips for consumers about dubious products and practices often encountered on the Internet.
• FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
• Food and Drug Administration
• FDA Kids' Home Page
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed the FDA Kids' Home Page, a special Internet home page designed to help kids AGES 9 THROUGH 12 years learn more about the agency and its public health activities. Kids can now learn about FDA through a host of fun activities, such as a medicine cabinet word find, a food safety quiz, an interactive human skeleton, and a pet care tips section. The Web site also has a Parents Corner and links for teens.
• Food and Nutrition Information Center .
  This site can be used to search for information, software, educational resources, and publications for the public, school settings, WIC, etc. on a wide variety of food safety and nutrition topics.
• healthfinder - Department of Health and Human Services .
  This site provides an easy-to-use point of entry to a broad range of consumer health information resources produced by the federal government and its many partners. It features a searchable index and locator aids for news, publications, online journals, support and self-help groups, online discussions and toll-free numbers.
  • http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
    This new site presents over 200 consumer health information resources on the Internet that are in Spanish. The section is in Spanish as well, and it supports text searching in Spanish.
• Hunger/Poverty -
  • Bread for the World
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Urban Institute
  • secondhandharvest.org
  • California Food Policy Advocates
  • California Budget Project
• Medline - National Library of Medicine
  Search Medline from the comfort of your personal computer.
• The National Agricultural Library
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institute on Aging
• National Library of Medicine
• U.S. Consumer Gateway - Federal Trade Commission
  This site is a one stop link to a broad range of federal information resources on food, health, your home, transportation, children, smart buying, product safety, your money, education and others.
• USDA Food and Nutrition Services
• USDA Home Page
• USDA Food Composition Data Nutrient DataBank
  This site provides access to Release 11-1 of the US Dept. Of Agriculture Database for Standard Reference. You can either view the data or download the data files and documentation for over 5,900 foods for use later on your computer.
• USDA/CSREES - Cooperative Extension State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• USDA's School Meal Initiative for Healthy Children
• US Department of Health & Human Services -
  The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
  The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a new Internet site to make available information about its Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health -- a new strategy unveiled earlier this year to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in 6 key areas of health status by the year 2010. While the Web site is geared to citizens interested in racial and ethnic health disparities, HHS hopes that local community leaders, churches, health care professionals, community-based health providers, and minority health experts will access the Web site as well.

University Sites

Arizona Health Sciences Library Nutrition Guide
Links in the following categories: diseases and health, Nutrition WWW, Herbs & Herbal Medicine, Vitamins & Antioxidants, Nutrition and Foods Industry, Consumer Information, International Nutrition Sites, Electronic Journals, Grants and Research, Foods and Recipes, Food Safety, Libraries and Universities, Exercise and Fitness, Foods & Nutritients, Electronic Forums, Dietetics Sources.
• Baylor College of Medicine Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
• Medical College of Wisconsin: Division of General Internal Medicine
  Contains an on-line Clinical Calculator and other useful medical information, many web links.
• Michigan State University - USDA Food Composition IMP Database System
  Searchable database of Michigan State University educational and other materials related to food and nutrition and related topics.
• Ohio State University - Food Science & Technology
  Information on department and IFT Communicators
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
  A rating guide to Nutrition web sites presented by the Center on Nutrition Communication, School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Includes information on kids, women, parents, general nutrition, journalists, health professionals, educators and special dietary needs.
• University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences Arizona Dietetic Project
  This site is designed for the dietetic professional.
• University of California Berkeley, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
• University of Florida - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• University of Minnesota, Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition
• University of Nebraska - Lancaster County Extension office
  Features information on the county office and Food and Nutrition publications.
• University of Waterloo: Food Services
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
  Gives access to the Food and Nutrition Newsletter and lists important nutrition dates (ex. March National Nutrition Month)

Nutrition and Health Sites

• American Cancer Society
• The American College of Sports Medicine
  Membership information and services.
• American Diabetes Association
• American Dietetic Association (ADA)
• American Fitness Professionals and Associates
  Good consumer information. Great links page.
• American Heart Association
• American Institute of Nutrition
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  Search abstracts, order copies of articles.
• American Medical Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Society for Nutritional Sciences
  Provides access to information from the Journal of Nutrition.
• Arbor Nutrition Guide
  Over a thousand links to sites in applied and clinical nutrition and food science.
• Ask the Dietitian
  Large variety of topics in a question and answer format. Questions can be asked under the author's page. Answers are reasonable and straightforward. Great laymen's resource coupled with interaction with author.
• Associations and Organizations University of California Davis, Department of Nutrition, Nutrition and Science Internet Resources
• Austin Nutritional Research
• The Blonz Guide - Nutrition, Food & Health Resources
  Gives access to excellent search engines and other web sites. Beware: some sites referred to do not give accurate nutrition information.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
  Group activities, Nutrition Action Newsletter available on-line, CSPI membership and Nutrition Action Network information, many nutrition related sites.
  CNN - Food and Health News Main Page
• Cyberounds
  Case conferences for CE credits, classifieds, Q&A, and open chat for physicians (fee)
• Electronic Journals & References, University of California Davis, Department of Nutrition
• Food Allergy Network (FAN)
  Allergy alerts about food products online.
• The Gatorade Sports Science Institute
  Access to articles on-line, Coaches Corner, FAQ, text of roundtable discussions, good information.
• Health on the Net Foundation
  Resources and discussion, mailing list, free Medline access
• Healthy Kids Resource Center
  Search the most up-to-date catalog of teacher-reviewed health education materials by topic, grade, teaching strategy, skill development, and other categories; borrow materials online; and find laws related to school health, research summaries, the What's New newsletter, and other resources.
• Journal of Extension
• Maternal and Infant Nutrition Briefs University of California Davis, Department of Nutrition
  A research-based newsletter prepared by the University of California for professionals interested in maternal and infant nutrition."
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis - Diet and Nutrition Resource Center
  Links to other sites, a virtual cookbook (recipes made healthy), quizzes, and reference articles are available. You can even "Ask the Mayo Dietitian."
• Medical Matrix
  Includes ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources.
• Medscape: The Online Resource for Better Patient Care
  Access to Medline database and full-text articles. Extremely useful. User must register but the service is free and access is unlimited, user friendly search process.
• The Merck Manual
  Gives access to information provided about various diseases (diagnosis and treatment) by the manual.
• NCAHF, National Council Against Health Fraud
  According to many nutrition experts, this is an essential stop. Some consider this site THE source for information on food, nutrition, and health quackery. Since the Internet is loaded with questionable products and information, NCAHG could become one of your regular stops to learn the real scoop on the latest pill and potion.
• New England Journal of Medicine On-line
• OncoLink: A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
• On-line Nutrition analysis tool, University of Illinois
  Easy to use. Results of analysis of an individual's menu for a 24-hour period can be saved on a disk. Features include a display of deficiencies and suggestions for foods rich in the nutrients lacking in the menu.
• Quackwatch
  A website offered by Stephen Barrett, M.D., an expert in health fraud and quackery.
• Renalnet: Kidney Information Clearinghouse
• Veggies Unite! The "Virtual" Nutrition Center
• VRG - The Vegetarian Resource Group
  Provides recipes, nutrition, information, Vegetarian Journal excerpts, travel information and a vegetarian game.
• World Guide to Vegetarianism
• World Health Organization World Wide Server
  International information on world wide access to health care.
• Yahoo: Nutrition Categories and Sites
  Links to nutrition related sources
• Your Health Daily, New York Times page for access to various medical health questions

School Wellness Policy Tool Kit

• Criteria for Evaluating School-based Approaches to Wellness (pdf file)
• Fact Sheet - Local School Wellness Policy (Word)
• Federal Code Sec. 204 on Local School Wellness Policy (Word)
• Healthy Children Ready to Learn from CDE (Word)
• Local School Wellness County Contacts (Word)
• Local School Wellness Policy Adoption Timeline (Word)
• Local School Wellness Policy Presentation (PowerPoint)
• Relationship Between API and Health Presentation (PowerPoint)
• School Wellness Policy Matrix of Regulations, Laws, and Code (Word)
• School Wellness Policy Resources (Word)
• SNA Local Wellness Policy Guidelines (pdf file)
• School and Model Policies
  • Model School Policies from NANA (pdf file)
  • Model School Policies from CSBA (pdf file)
  • Sample School Wellness Policies from School Nutrition Association (Word)
  • Sample School Wellness from Benecia USD (Word)
  • Sample from Kernville USD (Word)
• School Health Index Resources
  • Progress Summary Template (Word)
  • SHI Other Tools (Word)
  • SHI Overall Score Card and Planning Questions (pdf file)
  • SHI Planning for Improvement (pdf file)
  • SHI Resources (pdf file)
  • Work for Consensus Model (Word)
  • Working Agreements (Word)

Food Sites

• Betty Crocker
  Provides recipes - some use Betty Crocker products and some do not.
• Canadian Produce Marketing Association in Ottawa
• Cooking Light's Main Menu Cooking Light Magazine
• Dole 5 A Day for Better Health Campaign
• FATFREE: The Low Fat Vegetarian Archive
  Fat-free recipes, USDA Info.
• Fight Bac: Fighting the Problem of Foodborne Illness
  This is the website for the national media campaign to encourage American consumers to change food handling behaviors to improve food safety.
• FoodCom Home Page, for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry
• Food Finder - Olen Publishing
  Based on the book Fast Food Facts by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Includes information on fast foods (ex. calories, sodium, fat, cholesterol)
• The Food Resource - Oregon State University
  Internet links to: food organizations, associations and companies, government departments, computer images of foods, news groups and much more.
• Godiva Online Home Page
• Good Cooking, Inc. Development
  Good links to universities, food and beverage sites.
• Hershey Foods Corporation
• Internet Food Channel
  Check this dynamic site often if you're a regular food trend tracker.
• Meals Online: the "Premiere Meal Planning Resource on the Internet"
  Includes 10,000 recipes!
• National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS)
  Provides food service professionals in the United States and Canada with a full-range of education programs, publications, management services, and networking opportunities.
• National Food Service Management Institute
• National Restaurant Association
• Salt Institute, Commodity group for the salt industry
• U.S. Soyfoods Directory
  Gives information about soyfoods and recipes.
• What HACCP (Hazards Analysis & Critical Control Point) Really Means
  Go "one-on-one" with Russell Cross, industry guru on HACCP, on the "What HACCP Really Means" website. A question and answer page that's not to be missed.

Food Composition Websites

• Nutrient Data Lab Food Composition Data (Agricultural Research Service, includes links to other food composition sites)
• INFOODS (A UN program to improve food composition data)
  
• Chinese Food Composition Tables (ordering information)
  
• Swiss Food Composition Database
• Fast Food Facts - Food Finder
• Nutrition Analysis Tool (University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign)
• Nutritionist's ToolBox (University of Minnesota)
• CyberDiet
• Frieda's Homepage
  

Culinary Arts Sites

• Cordon Bleu Paris Cooking School
• Electronic Gourmet Guide
  Features food/cooking links.
• Epicurious, a web site for people who eat
• Internet Culinary Cybercity
  This site offers the latest on food and drink for consumers, health professionals, and journalists.

Breastfeeding Sites

• The Art Of Breastfeeding
  Features paintings of mothers nursing their children.
• Breastfeeding References
  Katherine Dettwyler, Ph.D.
• International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
  Information on Membership, Conferences, Publications, Bulletin Board, & Resource Center
• La Leche League International
  Provides breastfeeding information, how to find a LLL leader near you, list of conferences, etc.
• Lactnews
  Barbara Wilson Clay. Information on Breastfeeding Conferences, Educational Materials, Mentors, Courses & Links
• Lactation And Related Resources
  Kathleen Bruce and Kathleen Auerbach. Links to some other lactation resources

Miscellaneous Sites

• Innovation Network: Corporate Innovation & Creativity
  An interesting site to wake-up your brain.
• Franklin Covey
  Offers materials for Franklin Covey planners and helps you create your own mission statement.

Local Sites

• CSU - Fresno
  Includes campus information, schools, and department information. Links to other university pages including the University of California pages and other resources.
• Central Valley On-Line
  Our local Internet resource. Has a great deal of useful local information. Also under Education, the "Research It!" features with a dictionary, thesaurus, acronym, directory, quotes, translators, maps, facts, 800 number directory and more.
• The Advanced Technology Information Network at Fresno State

E-Mail Bulletins

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• Nutrition Resources Bulletin
  Information about new books, pamphlets, audio and visual tapes, web sites and teaching aids.
  
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