Did you know......

"The food industry in the United States alone spends well over $6 billion annually on advertising and another $26 billion on packaging."

"About 55,000 people die of hunger each day--two-thirds of them children."

    -taken from Contemporary Nutrition by Wardlaw
Nutrition links:
Diets
Fast food info
Fitness and nutrition
Foods
General nutrition information
Journals, newsletters
Special topics

  

Diets:
Discussion of popular diets:
http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/articles/nutrition/popdiet_10/
Outrageous (sometimes funny) fradulent dieting claims:
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Delivered/dieting.htm
Guide to quackery, health fraud, and intelligent decisions:
http://www.quackwatch.com

Fast food info:
Fast Food factfinder:
http://www.foodfacts.info/
 Information on your favorite fast foods:
http://www.fastfoodfacts.info/

Fitness and nutrition:
Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005:
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/
Helping your overweight child:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/helpchld.htm
Physical activity and weight control:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/physact.htm
Physical activity fact sheet:
http://fitness.gov/physical_activity_fact_sheet.html

Foods:
Nutrition facts and calorie counter:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
The skinny on fruit:
http://www.thefruitpages.com/contents.shtml
Vegetable nutritional information:
http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutritionalinfoveggies/Nutrition_Information_for_Vegetables.htm
The top ten fruits:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T042600.asp

General nutrition information:
Center for Science in the Public Interest:
http://www.cspinet.org/
Dietary guidance, DRIs, etc:
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1342
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition:
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OrganizationCharts/ucm135675.htm
Gatorade Sports Science Institute:
http://www.gssiweb.com/
Protein myths:
http://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/vegprotn.htm
How much are you eating? A guide to portion size:
www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/NutritionInsights/Insight22.pdf

Journals, newsletters:
The Berkeley Wellness newsletter:
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/
Nutrition Journal:
http://www.nutritionj.com/home/

Special topics:
 Binge eating disorders:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/binge.htm
Eating disorders:
http://library.thinkquest.org/27755/index.htm
Foodborne illness:
http://www.foodborneillness.com/
Marketing of food and diets in America:
http://www.netnutritionist.com/fa.htm
Nursing mothers:
http://breastfeeding.org/
Physiology of taste:
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/taste.html
Vegan nutrition in pregnancy and childhood:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/pregnancy.htm
Vitamin A toxicity:
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec01/ch004/ch004g.html




Last updated: January, 2010