Posted on August 26th, 2013 By Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
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General Nutrition Information
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
www.eatright.org
Information includes daily tips to improve diet quality, resources for nutrition information, fact sheets on many nutrition related topics, and a search engine to locate a dietitian. Nutrition information is also provided in Spanish.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
http://www.choosemyplate.gov
The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aims to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans.
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://www.fda.gov/food/default.htm
Comprehensive site with information on just about any topic related to food safety, nutrition and governmental policies.
Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov
Comprehensive guide to providing resources on health management, lifecycle issues, food safety, food assistance programs, and research projects.
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp
Provides information on nutrition policies and guidelines for professional and consumer use.
Consumer Sites
Center for Science in the Public Interest
www.cspinet.org
A consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being.
Consumer Labs
www.consumerlab.com
Consumer Labs is a provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products.
Diet Tracking
My Fitness Pal
www.myfitnesspal.com
An online tool to track your food intake. My Fitness Pal is also available as a free application for some smart phones.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/fnic/dri-calculator/
FNIC provides links to the Dietary Reference Intakes Tables (DRI’s), developed by the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board.
Healthy Eating Index
www.cnpp.usda.gov/healthyeatingindex.htm
HEI provides a measure of diet quality that assesses conformance to federal dietary guidance.
Food Safety Information
Fight Bac
fightbac.org
Comprehensive site educating consumers about food safety.
Home Food Safety
homefoodsafety.org
Guidelines for practicing safe food handling in the home.
International Food Information Council
www.foodinsight.org
Comprehensive nutrition and food safety resource.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
www.fsis.usda.gov
The site provides news, hotlines and information on food safety for the consumer
