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Food and nutrition

                  General  

American Dietetic Association

http://www.eatright.org/

The ADA provides links to nutrition resources, topics in the news, highlights and articles from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, governmental affairs regarding food and nutrition, advice on finding a personal dietician, and links to related sites.   

Food and Nutrition Information Center

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

The FNIC, an information center at the United states Department of Agriculture's Research Service, provides resource lists and databases covering food safety, food composition, dietary guidelines, government reports and studies, and food and nutrition topics from A to Z.    

Tufts University Navigation Navigator

http://navigator.tufts.edu/

Tufts Center on Nutrition Communication, School of Nutrition Science & Policy rates and reviews a comprehensive list of nutrition websites including general nutrition, parents', women's and children's issues, new developments, hot topics,  food, and special dietary needs. 

Pyramid Tracker

http://www.mypyramid.gov

USDA's new dietary guidelines.  Pyramid Tracker will assess your diet and physical activity needs.   

American Heart Association

http://www.americanheart.org/

This AHA site provides a nutritional plan to fight heart disease with recipes and selections from its cookbooks, healthy eating tips, nutritional facts, and dietary recommendations.   

 Cooking and Recipes 

SOAR - The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes

http://www.recipesource.com/ 

This University of Berkeley online archive has more than 67,000 recipes that can be accessed by food type, regional or ethnic group, or recipe name. 

The Cook's Thesaurus

http://www.switcheroo.com/ 

This thesaurus covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools with suggested substitutions for low-calorie and low-fat alternatives and inexpensive or more readily-accessible replacements for expensive or hard-to-find ingredients.             

          Kid's Nutrition 

Smartmouth

http://www.cspinet.org/smartmouth/index1.html  

The Center for Science in the Public Interest targets children's nutrition with things for and about kids, good eating tips, fun kitchen projects,  a kids' food page, and sites for kids, teachers, and parents. 

Children's Nutrition Research Center

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc/

The CNRC at Baylor College of Medicine focuses on the nutritional needs of children from conception through adolescence including the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers.

             Food Safety and Labeling 

U. S. Food and Drug Administration - Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

This site provides an overview of the agency with consumer information, fact sheets, government links and areas of special interest with specific informationon food safety, cosmetics, food labeling and nutrition.

International Food Information Council Foundation

http://ific.org/food/

The IFIC identifies potential controversies in food safety and nutrition, provides consumers with factual information about the food supply, and highlights the current thinking of food scientists and nutrition experts. 

Gateway to Government Food Safety

http://www.foodsafety.gov/

 

Links to federal, state and local websites concerning food safety, news and safety alerts and many links to government information.