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| Database of the nutrient content of 5,900 different foods with information on food groups, nutrient content, weights, and measures. | |
| Founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Now works to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improve nutrition and the pursuit of food security. Includes access to FAOSTAT, a multilingual database of time series statistics in agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry and food control. | ||
| The BIDS RSC service provides access to seven databases supplied by The Royal Society of Chemistry, covering analytical chemistry, chemical engineering, health and safety, biotechnology, nutrition, mass spectrometry, and chemical industry news. Subscription required. Five of the databases contain bibliographic information: Analytical Abstracts (over 200,000 abstracts from 1980 onwards), Chemical Business NewsBase (over 430,000 abstracts from 1985 onwards, covering news of the worldwide chemical industry), Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts (over 400,000 abstracts from over 500 key journals since 1970), Chemical Safety NewsBase (40,000 abstracts from 1981 onwards, covering health and safety matters), and Mass Spectrometry Bulletin (over 44,000 bibliographic records from 800 journals since 1991). The other two databases are Chemical Safety Data Sheets (safety information for 550 chemicals) and the UK Nutrient Databank (authoritative database of 60 nutrients in 3000 foods). | ||
| Overview and guide to vitamins setting out the importance of each vitamin and symptoms of deficiency. | ||
| Daily news on diseases, treatments, drugs and diet. | ||
| Explains the origin of the name 'pumpkin', describes historical uses, and offers details of different varieties available. Also gives nutritional information, recipe ideas, a guide to growing the vegetable, and links to educational resources, festivals, and farms. | ||
| Set of links to journals relevant to food science and nutrition. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to nutrition. | ||
| Searchable index to resources in forestry, veterinary, agricultural, food and environmental sciences. Subjects include fisheries and aquaculture, pollution, plant protection, and human nutrition. | ||
| Collection of material relating to nutrition, food safety, and dietary guidelines in the US. Offers statistics, fact sheets, newsletters, press releases, and information about research centres and projects. Also provides details of nutrition over the life cycle and includes an online booklet with shopping tips for those on a tight budget, along with menu suggestions for two weeks worth of meals. | ||
| An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to specific complaints and other aspects of medicine and health care, with descriptions and subscription details. | ||
| Database containing bibliographic records and abstracts of articles published about dietary supplements. Covers topics such as vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements, and is searchable by keyword. | ||
| Brief answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about food and food topics, such as what is a good diet, is sugar harmful, is salt harmful, is a vegetarian diet better, what foods are good for arthritis, and what are junk foods. The four major headings are food and nutrition, food safety, additives and packaging, and science and food. | ||
| IFR is one of the UK's bioscience institutes with multi disciplinary expertise in food, health and environment forming the Bioscience Network. It undertakes independent science for food and health. Research at the Institute of Food Research stimulates industrial innovation, improves the safety of the food supply, helps consumers choose a healthy diet and contributes to the quality of food and ingredients. | ||
| UNICEF document, which ranks the nations of the world in terms of their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women. | ||
| Report from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation estimating the number of people who go hungry in the industrialised world and transitional countries, and monitoring progress towards fulfilling the goal of halving the number of undernourished people in the world by 2015. Analyses reasons behind significant gains or setbacks relating to food levels during the 1990s. Report is presented as a PDF file. | ||
| The Vegan Society which promotes ways of living which avoid the use of animal products, for the benefit of people, animals and the environment, and provides numerous online information sheets about nutrition, lifestyle, health and related issues, such as veganism during pregnancy and throughout childhood, vegan cats and kittens, bees and honey, genetic engineering, and information about alcohol, BSE, leather and fur, osteoporosis, vitamins, and vivisection. | ||
| Results of a survey on dietary supplements conducted by National Public Radio, The Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Includes six RealPlayer parts of a series, examining topics such as side effects, legal loopholes, children's supplements, and the role of large pharmaceutical companies in the herbal marketplace. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to dietetics. | ||
| Document outlining the 1996 position statement from IFST, which concludes that 'subject to adequate controls such as exist in the UK, and to informative labelling, irradiation of food is commended as an additional method of of reducing food poisoning and preserving food without detriment to health and with minimal effect on nutritional quality'. | ||
| Promotes both healthier living and the Gourmet lifestyle, with direct links to the Gourmet Connection Electronic magazine, and specialised information for Diabetics. | ||
| Links to Internet resources about nutrition, with ratings on a 25 point scale. | ||
| Set of facts about some popular fast foods and healthy living, to encourage healthier choices. | ||
| Listing of vitamins, their benefits, and information about food sources and nutrients. | ||
| Information about a partnership of groups aiming to improve infant health through the protection of breastfeeding. Includes texts of documents such as the WHO / UNICEF international codes and declarations on infant nutrition. Information is available in English, Dutch, and Spanish. | ||
| Information on British meat and nutrition issues with pages on healthy eating, information for healthcare professionals, and a collection of recipes which would not appeal to vegetarians. | ||
| The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) of the National Agricultural Library (USDA) provides access to bibliographies, resource lists, and fact sheets. Topics include food labelling, educational materials, food and nutrition software and multimedia, and educational materials covering food borne illness and the food guide pyramid. | ||
| An information service for all matters relating to fresh fruit and vegetables. The Bureau's main message is to encourage people to eat the recommended minimum of five portions of fresh fruit and vegetables every day. | ||
| Documented information about food and nutrition, quackery, court proceedings, fraudulent practices, and practitioners. Updated by leading experts in the field. | ||
| Online course designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health related students around the world. The course consists of a series of annotated slide based lectures on topics such as disease monitoring, health economics, malaria, nutrition and global health. | ||
| A non profit organisation based in Washington, USA, which provides sound, scientific information on food safety and nutrition to journalists, health professionals, educators, government officials and consumers. If offers a wide range of online documents and reference information. | ||
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