Nutrition Resources

A "Food choices depend on history, culture, and environment, as well as on energy and nutrient needs. People also eat foods for enjoyment. Family, friends, and beliefs play a major role in the ways people select foods and plan meals. This booklet describes some of the many different and pleasurable ways to combine foods to make healthful diets."

A pyramid is used to demonstarte which types of foods should be eaten, and their proportions. Click on an area for more information on that group of foods.

A wide range of links to health and nutrition topics are ofered here. A place to browse.

The goals of this online college course are: "At the end of this course (module), you will Select the foods that promote health, Describe the foods that impair health. Develop a weight management plan." Lots of good information is offered.

This program looks up a table of 7,248 foods selected from the USDA survey database. 29 nutrients are shown in the detail. Enter up to three words describing the food you are looking for. (example: fried chicken breast).

"Ever wonder what minerals are or why exercise is good for you? This section has articles about food and fitness and a collection of great recipes. Read about how to eat for sports, check out the Food Guide Pyramid, and learn about different ways to get exercise. See why water is so important, take a peek into protein, and more. Dig in!"

Answer a series of questions and receive a very thorough set of recommendations for how to have a healthy body.

Test how much you know about physical activity with this interactive true/false quiz. Provided by Shape Up America, with Special thanks to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institutes of Health.

The Hong Kong Institute of Education offers this set of simple descriptive information on common chemical food additives and their uses.

Many of the accepted chemical food additives are described at this website.

A slide program (of 36 frames) which descrives various chemical food additives and their purposees or uses in foods. Includes a lort of background information about food additives in general, including definitions, purposes, statistics, etc. (From McGill University, Canada.)

A non-profit organization that seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; it represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and it works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public’s good.

A collection of brief articles on various issues related to chemical and other changes in food as a result of irradiation.

Use this form to calculate the nutrition of your common fast foods served at the most common fast food restaurants in the U.S. Covers more than 1,000 fast-food items!

The information in this collection has been reprinted with permission from La Leche League publications. Many of the files feature true stories of mothers' experiences with breastfeeding.

"Eating disorders afflict millions of people, thousands of which will die from them yearly. There is good news though, eating disorders can be beaten. You do not have to be a prisoner to this anymore." This website offers information on eating disorders, and how to deal with them positively.

Nutrition Resources From the Chico High School Library

`Nutrition Resources From the Chico High School Library`