University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Online Programs

Use this library as the gateway to Internet resources by using the sites we suggest or searching for your own sites. If you find a good Internet resource, please post it in the WebBoard for the others to see.

Click on Online Health Services for additional information on health assessment and dietary evaluation.

World Wide Web Search Tools

• General Search Tools
• Medical and Nutrition Search Tools

World Wide Web Evaluation Tools

• General Evaluation Tools
• Example Sites to Practice Evaluation
• Tools That Evaluate Nutrition Websites

General Health and Nutrition Links

• Children's Nutrition and Health
• Educational Resources
• Energy Balance, Exercise and Eating Disorders Sites
• Food Safety and Health Fraud
• Government and Professional Organizations
• Nutrient Specific Sites
• Nutrition and Health Information
• Recipes
• Vegetarian Dietary Sites

World Wide Web Search Tools

General Search Tools

• All the Web, All the Time
• DEC's Alta Vista Web/Usenet search
• Dogpile
• Google
• Infoseek Search Page
• Yahoo!
• Metacrawler

Medical and Nutrition Search Tools

• Achoo Search Page
• Health A to Z Search page
• Healthfinder
• Medline
• PENpages

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World Wide Web Evaluation Tools

General Evaluation Tools

• Evaluating Internet Resources
• Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
• Modular Web Teaching Pyramid

Example Sites to Practice Evaluation

• Psychosocial Parameters of Internet Addiction
• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division

Tools That Evaluate Nutrition Websites

• Meducation-World Wide Web Medical Education Resource
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator-A Rating Guide to Nutrition Websites
• Heatlh on the Net -A guide to useful and reliable online medical and health information
• Health Internet Ethics

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General Health and Nutrition Links

Nutrition and Health Information

• Arbor Nutrition Guide
• Comparative Anatomy and Physiology Brought Up to Date from Beyond Vegetarianism
• CNN Food and Health Main Page
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1995
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2000
• Food Guide Pyramid
• Food Guide Pyramid Information
• Food and Nutrition Information Center Internet Resources
• Hardin Meta Directory - Nutrition
• Hypertexts for the Biomedical Sciences: Digestive System, Endocrinology, and Medical Genetics
• InteliHealth
• Lipoprotein Metabolism
• Michigan Electronic Library Health Information Resources
• Net Wellness
• Nutrition Links, Kansas State University, Cooperative Extension Service
• Quackwatch
• Shape Up America
• The Doctor Will See You Now
• The Food Resource
• The Three Rivers Endoscopy Center
• The "Virtual" Nutrition Center - Martindale's Health Science Guide
• Tufts Health and Nutrition Letter
• WebMD
• Your Health IS your Business, Southern Illinois University

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Government and Professional Organizations

• ALTERNATIVE Health News Online
• American Botanical Council
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Diabetes Association
• American Dietetic Association
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Heart Association
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• Ask the Dietitian This site includes the Healthy Body Calculator.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension (Ask the Nutrition Expert)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
• Healthy People 2010
• Herbal Research Foundation
• HerbMed
• International Food Information Council (IFIC)
• Johns Hopkins Health Information
• March of Dimes
• Mayo Health Oasis of the Mayo Clinic
• National Agricultural Library
• National Cancer Institute
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Council Against Health Fraud
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH)
• Society for Nutrition Education
• UMass Extension - Nutrition Education Program
• World Health Organization

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Nutrient Specific Sites

• American Society for Nutritional Sciences: Nutrient Information
• The Calcium Information Resource
• Iron Overload Diseases Association
• Milk - it's on everybody's lips!
• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
• Salt Institute
• Upper Intake Levels
• Vitamin C for Optimum Health

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Vegetarian Dietary Sites

• The Vegetarian Resource Group Information concerning vegetarianism and vegetarian recipes. Access the nutrition page for specific topics.
• Vegetarian Union of North America
• The Vegetarian Society of the UK
• Veggies Unite
• Fat Free Vegetarian Recipe Archives From Michelle Dick
• Vegetarian Pages

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Children's Nutrition and Health

• Cooperative Extension's Children, Youth & Families Education & Research Network
• KidsHealth.org
• Nutrition for children
• USDA/ARS Children's Nutritional Research Center

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Energy Balance, Exercise, and Eating Disorder Sites

• American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
• American College of Sports Medicine
• The Gluten-Free Page Celiac Disease/Gluten Intolerance Web Sites.
• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Nutrition and Weight Maintenance
• PKU News (Phenylketonuria information) This is a good site for information regarding symptoms, treatment and current research regarding this disease.
• President's Council on Pysical Fitness and Sports
• Sportscience News
• WIN: Weight Control Information Network

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Food Safety and Health Fraud

• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Click on WHAT'S NEW for new announcements and special interest areas.
• FoodTalk A monthly e-mail newsletter on food, nutrition and food safety. Also check their Nutrition and Food Safety site for additional information.
• Fight BAC This website includes a 30-second animated PSA.
• Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Institute of Food Technology (US)
• National Council Against Health Fraud
• Quackwatch
• USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
• National Food Safety/Risk Curriculum Database
• USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service

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Educational Resources

• Dole 5 A Day Homepage Information about the Dole 5 a day program. You can also find activities to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among children.
• Family Food Zone
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Kids Food Cyber Club
• MathMol, Mathematics and Molecules See lipid structures online.
• Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry
• Missouri Science Connection
• Nutrition Education Responsible Healthy Lifestyles, teacher resource book for K-6 grades.
• Vegetarian Nutrition for Teens
• Personal Trainer-Lesson
• Pyramid Power: The Food Guide Game
• Team Nutrition

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Recipes

• Cooking Light
• Food Fit
• Produce Oasis
• Searchable Online Archive of Recipes
• Recipe Archives From Stephanie da Silva
• Recipe Archive Index At Carnagie Mellon University

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Click on Online Health Services for additional information on health assessment and dietary evaluation.

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