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Nutrition Links

These are links to various websites which provide additional information on nutrition and health. Links to recipes and fast food nutrition are also provided.

Newsletters
Weight Loss
Health & Nutrition
Food & Cooking
For Children
Fast Food Nutrition Information

Newsletters:

Cornell Chronicle
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/Chronicle.html

LSU AgCenter publications
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/

Tufts University Health and Nutrition Newsletter
http://healthletter.tufts.edu/

UC Berkeley Wellness letter
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/

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Weight loss:

MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com

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Health and Nutrition

Aging Well
http://www.agingwell.state.ny.us

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

American Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.aicr.org

American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org/

Center for Science in the Public Interest
http://www.cspinet.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov

CDC: Nutrition and Physical Activity
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/index.htm

CDC: Overweight and Obesity Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/resources.htm

CNN Health Page
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/

Cornell: Food and Nutrition
http://www.nutrition.cornell.edu/dns7_extension.html

Crohn’s and Colitis: Foundation of America
http://www.ccfa.org/

Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000044.html

Greater Baton Rouge Cancer Services
www.cancerservices.org

Institute of Food Science and Technology
http://www.ifst.org

Live Healthier – Live Longer
http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd

National Cancer Institute
http://cancer.gov/

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?pageID=639

NIH: Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
http://www.osteo.org/

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

Nutrition Quest: Fat Screener
http://www.nutritionquest.com/freetools/fat_screener.htm

USDA Food and Nutrition
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navtype=SU&navid=FOOD_NUTRITION

The American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org

The American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

The Nutrition Source
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource

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

Tips for Eating Healthy
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/ob_tips.htm

USDA: My Pyramid
http://mypyramid.gov/

2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dga/

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Food and Cooking:

Delicious Decisions
http://www.deliciousdecisions.org

Epicurious
http://www.epicurious.com/

Low-fat Lifestyle
http://www.lowfatlifestyle.com

Meals for You
http://www.mealsforyou.com/

Food Safety Information: CDC: Food Safety
http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/

Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/index.html

FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/

Fight Bac!
http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm

Food Safety.gov
http://www.foodsafety.gov

Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

Home Food Safety
http://www.homefoodsafety.org/index.jsp

World Health Organization (WHO): Food Safety
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/

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For Children:

Dole 5 a Day

FNIC: Kids sites

Healthy Choices for Kids Online

Kids: Nutrition Explorations

Tuft’s Nutrition Stories for Kids

USDA: For Kids

Why Milk?

Fast Food Nutrition Information:

Wendy’s
http://www.wendys.com/food/pdf/us/nutrition.pdf

McDonald’s
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/nutrition_info.html

Jack in the Box
http://www.jackinthebox.com/ourfood/index.php?section=7

Burger King
http://www.bk.com/Food/Nutrition/downloads.aspx

KFC
http://www.yum.com/nutrition/documents/kfc_nutrition.pdf

Taco Bell
http://www.yum.com/nutrition/documents/tb_nutrition.pdf

Pizza Hut
http://www.yum.com/nutrition/documents/ph_nutrition.pdf

Subway
http://subway.com/applications/NutritionInfo/index.aspx

Popeyes
http://www.popeyes.com/nutrition/index_nutr2005.asp

Dominoes
http://www.dominos.com/

Papa John's
http://www.papajohns.com/menu/index.htm#

Arby's
http://www.arbys.com/nutrition/printable.php?type=nutrition

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