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Understanding Nutrition

• Food & Nutrition Information Center (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• How to Understand & Use the Nutrition Facts Label (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Nutrition (MedlinePlus)
• Organic Food Standards & Labels: The Facts (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Healthy Eating

• Adult Body Mass Index (BMI) Test (NC Health & Wellness Trust Fund)
• Anti-Inflammatory Diet (University of Arizona)
• Down Home Healthy Cooking: Recipes & Tips for Healthy Cooking (National Cancer Institute)
• Eating Healthy (Patient Education Institute)
• Text-only Version
• Interactive Audio Version
• Healthy Beverage Guidelines (Harvard School of Public Health)
• Healthy Eating: Easy Tips for Planning a Healthy Diet and Sticking to It (HELPGUIDE.org)
• My Plate (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Nutrition: Tips for Improving Your Health (FamilyDoctor.org)
• Sample 1200 Calorie & 1600 Calorie Menus (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Nutrition Statistics

• NC Physical Activity & Nutrition Data Resources (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
• Surveillance Reports and WIC Agreement Addenda Data (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
• Your Food Environment Atlas (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Nutrition & Cancer (see also Cancer)

• Diet and Physical Activity: What's the Cancer Connection? (American Cancer Society)
• Nutrition for Children with Cancer (American Cancer Society)
• Overview of Nutrition in Cancer Care (National Cancer Institute)
• Websites on Nutrition and Cancer (UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Nutrition & Diabetes (see also Diabetes)

• Food & Fitness (American Diabetes Association)
• What I Need to Know About Eating and Diabetes (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Nutrition & Heart Disease (see also Heart Disease)

• Healthy Eating (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Recipes: Boost Your Recipe Collection with Some Heart-Healthy Favorites (American Heart Association Nutrition Center)
• Reduce Salt and Sodium in Your Diet (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Nutrition & Pregnancy (see also Women's Health)

• Food Safety for Moms to Be (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Nutrition During Pregnancy (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Daily Food Plan for Moms (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Pregnancy and the Vegan Diet (Vegetarian Resource Group)

Nutrition for Children & Teens (see also Children's & Teens' Health)

• BAM: Body & Mind: A Nutrition & Activity Resource for Teens (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Healthy Eating: A Nutrition Resource for Families and Children (Nemours Foundation)
• Helping Your Overweight Child (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• We Can! Go, Slow, and Whoa Foods (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Nutrition for Seniors (see Seniors' Health)

• Healthy Eating After 50 (National Institute on Aging)

Resources compiled by Jane Bahnson and Christie Silbajoris, Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC.

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