Research & Resources
Nutrition
- American Dietetic Association
- Healthy nutrition fact sheets, daily nutrition tips, and food pyramid guide.
- MedlinePlus: Nutrition
- Learn to eat nutritiously. Includes dietary guidelines, the food pyramid and tips for improving your health.
- MyPyramid.gov
- Nutrition information including the "New Food Pyramid" from the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Nutrition.gov
- A gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals.
- The Nutrition Source
- Clear tips for healthy eating and the truth about nutrition myths.
- Spend Smart. Eat Smart.
- Tips and ideas for spending your money wisely at the grocery store.
- USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Nutrition guides for special dietary needs such as diabetes and breastfeeding.
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Health & Wellnesss
- Alt Health Watch —Perspectives on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
- Consumer Health Complete — All areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to holistic and integrated medicine
- Health Source Consumer Edition — Consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books
- MedLine Plus — Health information from the National Library of Medicine, available in over 40 languages.
- Multilingual Health Databases — Translated articles about common medical conditions and procedures in 16 languages, including: