Food, Nutrition, and Health Links
Extension Resources
- Monroe County Extension Services: Seafood Quality and Safety
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences - University of Florida
- Iowa State University Extension Food Safety Project
- University of Missouri
- University of Nebraska, Lancaster County Extension: Kitchen Helpers
Food Safety Resources
- The Bad Bug Book - USFDA
- Basics for Handling Food Safely
- Be Food Safe
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
Food Safety Initiative - Center For Nutrition Policy
- Florida Poison Information Center Network
- Food Marketing Institute
- Food Safety Answers
- Government Food Safety Information
- Grocery Manufacturers Association
- Home Food Safety - It's in Your Hands
- National Agricultural Library
- National Food Safety Education Month
- National Restaurant Association
- Parasites and Foodborne Illness
- Partnership for Food Safety Education
- School Nutrition Association
- US Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service - US Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - USDA/Food Safety Inspection Service - Consumer Education
- USDA/Food Safety Inspection Service - Meat & Poultry Hotline: E-mail
Child Nutrition & Health Related Information
Obesity in Children
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Shaping America's Youth
- The Children, Youth & Families Education and Research Network
- Body and Mind (Children's Fitness and Health)
- Kidcare.net
Immunization Resources
- 100% Immunization Campaign
- Every Child By Two
- Healthy People 2010 Objectives
- Immunization Action Coalition
- National Immunization Program for Children
- National Immunization Program for Adults
- State Immunization Program Web sites
- State Immunization Coordinators
- Travelers' Health
Children Coping with Today's Issues...
- Prepare Respond Recover: Safety Planning and Disaster Response & Recovery
- Talking with Children about Terrorism
- The Child Advocate: Disaster help for Parents and Children
Dieting / Health Hoaxes
Dietary Supplements
Food Allergy Information
Food Labels
- FDA Announces Initiative to Provide Better Health Information for Consumers
- FDA's Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition Initiative
- Dietary Supplement Enforcement Report
Holiday Food Tips
- Turkey/Food Safety
- Leftover Turkey Recipes
- Cook it quick - healthy meal planning ideas
- Foods for the Month links
- More turkey recipes
- Let's Talk Turkey: A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey (also available in 130KB pdf)
- Turkey Basics: Stuffing (also available in pdf format)
- Spanish version: Principios Básicos de la Preparación del Pavo: El Relleno
- Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing (also available in pdf format)
- Spanish version: Principios Básicos de la Preparación del Pavo: Descongelación Correcta
- Turkey Basics: Handling Precooked Dinners (also available in pdf format)
- Spanish version: Principios Básicos de la Preparación del Pavo: Manejo de las Comidas Precocinadas
- Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking (also available in pdf format)
- Spanish version: Principios Básicos de la Preparación del Pavo: Cocinar Correctamente
- Turkey & Trimmings
101 (formatted as a pdf file)
A sample menu and easy make-ahead tips for a special holiday meal. Includes tips and recipes for Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie and Mashed Potatoes. - How to Cook a Turkey the Day Before Serving It
- National Turkey Federation
- Underwriters Laboratories Warns About Turkey Deep Fryers
Nutrition & Health Organizations, Govt. Agencies
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- American Cancer Society
- American Council on Science and Health
- American Diabetes Association
- American Dietetic Association
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- American Pain Foundation
- American Public Health Association
- Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
- CancerCare
- Center for Cardiovascular Education
- Center for Disease Control
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Creative Center for Arts & Healing: Arts in Healthcare
- 5-A-Day
- FDA Consumer Magazine
- Food and Drug Administration
- Food and Health Communications, Inc.
- Food Industry Environmental Network
- Fragile X Research Foundation
- FSIS Food Safety Publications for Consumers
- Girl Power
- Healthcare Reality Check
- Institute of Food Technology
- International Food Information Council
- Kids Food CyberClub
- Mayo Clinic
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
- Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
- My Family Health Portrait
- National Cancer Institute
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- NIDDK - Health Information
- Nutrition.gov
- Parenthood.com
- Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- Quackwatch, Inc.
- Search the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
- U.S. Surgeon General
- USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Vegetarian Resource Group
- World Health Organization
Toll Free Telephone Numbers
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse: 800-860-8747
- National Digestive Diseases Info Clearinghouse: 800-891-5389
- National Kidney & Urologic Diseases Info Clearinghouse: 800-891-5390
Other interesting sites
- Purdue Univ. Family & Consumer Science - Searching Nutrition Web sites
- Health Observances Calendars
- A resource for finding books on medical and health topics
- State Legislation Searchable Database
- Health & Safety Information on Household Products
*Good search engines for broad searches for nutrition-related research
AlltheWeb - alltheweb.com - Fast with lots of Web pages. Use "advanced search" to narrow your choices.
Google - www.google.com - Covers a large number of Web sites. Use "advanced search" to narrow choices.
Northern Light - www.northernlight.com - Focuses more on research. Read through "Tips" to learn how to use AND, OR, NOT, quotes, etc., to focus your search.
Web sites for more specific searching of the science literature for nutrition-related research
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Individuals interested in all science subjects, including food and nutrition, will find this resource useful because of its advanced search environment.
NLM Gateway - A Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
PubScience - PubSCIENCE provides users the capability to search across a large compendium of citations including abstracts of peer-reviewed journal literature with a focus on the physical sciences and other disciplines of concern to the Department of Energy.
WebMedLit - Offers easy access to the best medical journals on the Web. WebMedLit scans premier medical Web sites each day and extracts the available citations, abstracts, and full-text articles.
Recipes & Culinary Web Sites
- Bon Appetit & Gourmet Magazines
- Cooking Light Magazine
- Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes
- The Electronic Gourmet
- Florida Seafood Recipes and Seafood Safety - Florida Dept of Agriculture
- The Food Channel
- Four Winds Food Specialists
- Green Garden Chef.com
- Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style
- International Culinary Cyber City
- Stay young at heart - cooking the heart healthy way
Women's Health Sites
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Dietetic Association
- American Heart Association
- American Institute of Cancer Research
- American Obesity Association
- Canada Health Network
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Women Health Network
- Dietitians of Canada
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
- National Eating Disorders Organization
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis, and Related Bone Disease, National Resource Center
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- National Women's Health Indicators Database
- National Women's Health Information Center
- Osteoporosis Society of Canada
- Office on Women's Health
- Women's Health Initiative