Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Overweight and Obesity
Discusses obesity trends, health and economic consequences and provides recommendations and resources for reaching and maintaining a healthy weight.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
Dietary Assessment and Guidelines
USDA's National Agriculture Library provides resources including dietary guidelines for Americans and international dietary guidance systems. Also provides MyPyramid Tracker and other tools related to dietary assessment, including calorie calculators. Site also provides comprehensive listing of reference values used for planning and assessing nutrient intake. Includes information on specific nutrients.
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
Downloadable tables and charts of Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for all nutrients categorized by age and gender. Also includes information on Macronutrients, Phytonutrients (including general information, government-related sites, and resources on specific phytonutrients such as tea, lycopene, and phytoestrogens) and Vitamins and Minerals
Food Composition: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL)
Portal to extensive online resources compiled by the USDA. Includes information on:
- Searchable Food Composition Database
- Dietary Supplements
- Food and Nutrition Surveys
- Surveys, Reports and Research
- FNIC Resource Lists links to food and nutrition information from various U.S. Government resources
- Consumer Corner
Information about food and nutrition topics designed especially for consumers.
Healthier US
Provides access to consumer resources concerning nutrition, physical fitness, and disease prevention.
Interactive Toolbox
The Interactive Toolbox contains links to Web sites that allow consumers and professionals to input information and receive individual feedback to help with dietary assessment and planning, checking personal health risks, testing knowledge, and evaluating needs.
MyPyramid
Online MyPyramid Tracker for tracking food intake and exercise. Based on the recently revised food pyramid. Offers nutritional guidelines consumers can easily follow.
The National Agricultural Library
Portal to extensive online resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators and government personnel from the USDA. Includes printable format educational materials, government reports, research papers and more.
Nutrition for Everyone
The CDC has compiled a variety of resources with healthy eating tips and information that sorts through nutrition and food choices.
Nutrition.gov
Portal to all federal government agency resources on nutrition. Includes more than 1000 links to current nutritional information. Content designed for both nutritionists and consumers.
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Provides a variety of nutrition and fitness information, ranging from new governmental policies to articles detailing the most current nutritional findings and health related research.
Office of Dietary Supplements
Information on dietary supplements from the National Institutes of Health. Includes information on nutrient recommendations, fact sheets and bibliographies. Content for both consumers and researchers.
USDA's Food and Nutrition Center
Alphabetized list of food and nutrition topics available from the USDA's Agriculture library
