Framingham State College
Computer Applications in Nutrition

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General Nutrition Sites

Food and Nutrition Information Center
 www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

 

Homepage for the Food and Nutrition Information Center. Nutrition topics, Dietary Supplements, Food composition, Dietary Guidelines, Food Guide Pyramid, FNIC Databases

Dietary Guidelines 2005
 http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/

Authoritative source of dietary advice to promote good health and prevent chronic disease..

Food borne Illness Education Information Center
 http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/index.html

Food Safety Education, HACCP, Discussion groups and links

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp

Includes nutrition, physical activity, public health programs, publications and more.

MEDLINEplus
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

Find health topics, encyclopedia and dictionary. Interactive tutorials on health conditions.

Mayo Clinic
 www.mayoclinic.com

General Health information, including sections on Healthy Living, Diseases & Conditions, Drug Search, Health Program, Books & Newsletters.
Web MD
www.webmd.com 		Great site for researching common ailments, aches & pains, and keeping up with the latest research being done on all types of health issues.

Peapod
 www.peapod.com

Access Nutrition Facts labels and pictures of brand name foods on a variety of products. Go to “product information” to view item, then right click to save picture. Copy/Print Nutrition Facts label and ingredient list (remember food labels frequently change and these may not be uptodate)
Center for Science in the Public Interest
http://www.cspinet.org/ 		Nutrition Advocacy Organization. Check out Nutrition Action Healthletter.

Vegetarian Resource Group
http://www.vrg.org

Excellent resource on the topic of vegetarianism.

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov

This sites provides a broad array of nutrition resources, including education programs, fact sheets and lifecycle resources.

UPENN
http://www.med.upenn.edu/nutrimed/websites.html

Link to variety of Nutrition Web sites
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/ 		Sound information on alternative and complementary medicine.

Food Labeling
http://:www.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html

Everything you need to know about Food labeling.
Exercise Calculator
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/exercalc.html 		Enter an activity, time and weight and this calculator will tell you the number of calories burned

InteliHealth
 http://www.intelihealth.com

Aetna web site offers individual food search (uses USDA database, but does not list which release), as well as a interactive tools and health related information geared to the consumer.

National Institutes of Health
 http://health.nih.gov

Provides links to credible health information as well as to MEDLINEplus (health database) and Healthfinder (health resource)

Portion Distortion Quiz
 http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/index.htm

National Institutes of Health Interactive Quiz
Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html		 Healthy Eating Pyramid and much more!

Oldways
 http://www.oldwayspt.org

Site promoting healthy eating, sustainable food choices and traditional foodways. Links to healthy eating pyramids, including Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Asian, Latin and Good Health Puzzle.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute
www.GSSIweb.com

Sports information and resources

About Nutrition
 http://nutrition.about.com

Offers tons of nutrition information (site run by RD) as well as food Clipart, vitamin/mineral facts and single food nutrient analysis
NCEP Interactive Applications
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subsites/index.htm 		Special Web Pages and Interactive Applications include links to High Blood Pressure, Healthy Weight, Cholesterol, BMI calculator, Women’s Health Initiative and more.

CDC
 http://www.cdc.gov

Click on Health Topics to link to endless resources

Strong Women
www.strongwomen.com

Strength training info for women

Diet Channel
 www.thedietchannel.com

 Useful site to find information on quack diets.
QuackWatch
www.quackwatch.com		 Guide to quackery on the web and health fraud.
The U.S. Apple Association
www.usapple.org		 This site gives a variety of information about apples, varieties, cooking
methods, uses, recipes 5-A-Day, links to government websites, educational
brochures & games

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