Educational Resources
General Nutrition * Sports Nutrition * Vegetarian * Oncology * Diabetes * Eating Disorders * Celiac/Gluten Free * Weight Control * Heart Disease (Cholesterol Management) * Women’s Health Issues * Obesity * ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
General Nutrition
- Eat Right: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Eat Right Blog: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – RD’s Weigh In
- Mayo Clinic
- Health and Nutrition for Kids @ CulinarySchools.org
- KidsHealth: for kids, teens, parents
- CalorieKing Wellness Solutions
- LIVESTRONG.COM – for daily health, fitness and lifestyle
- LIVESTRONG.ORG – the Lance Armstrong Foundation
- SparkPeople – online health site
- SuperKids Nutrition
- MyPyramid Dietary Guidelines
- Ask the Dietitian
- Medscape – from WebMD
- MedPage Today – breaking medical news for clinicians
- PubMed – biomedical articles
- RD411 – dietitian and health care professional information
- MedlinePlus – health information
- healthfinder.gov- sponsored by the National Health Information Center
- The Nutrition Experts
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine
- The Wheat Foods Council
- Healthy Dining Finder – find a restaurant with Healthy Dinning options
Sports Nutrition
- American College of Sports Medicine
- About.com – Sports Medicine
- The Vegetarian Resource Group – sports nutrition guidelines for the vegetarian
- USDA – The Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute
- ExRx.net – Exercise Prescription on the Net
Vegetarian
- VegFamily – The Magazine for Vegan Family Living
- Vegetarian Diets: A Dietitian’s Guide
- Vegetarian Nutrition
- Veggie Queen Adventures
- The Vegetarian Resource Group
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine – Information on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
Oncology
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- The Cancer Project – a nutrition and cancer nonprofit organization
- National Cancer Institute – comprehensive cancer information
- American Cancer Society – information and resources for cancer
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- OncoLink – Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Diabetes
- dLife – online diabetes resource
- DiabetesSisters.org
- Amounts Count – Type 2 Diabetes Self-Assessment
- Mayo Clinic – Diabetes
- The American Diabetes Association
- Joslin Diabetes Center
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorders Association- National non-profit eating disorders organization. Information, referrals, support, prevention, conferences, and newsletters.
- The National Institute of Mental Health – Eating Disorders
- MedlinePlus – Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre
- Reconnect with Food
Celiac/Gluten Free
- Celiac Disease – National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Celiac Sprue Association
- Gluten Intolerance Group of North America
- Celiac Disease Foundation – Celiac Disease Information
Weight Control
- Weight and Obesity : Food and Nutrition Information Center – USDA
- Shape Up America! – information on healthy weight management
- Healthy Weight: Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight – CDC
- Eat Right, Stay Fit on Yahoo! Health
- Harvard School of Public Health – The Nutrition Source
- Weight Loss and Control – The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Heart Disease (Cholesterol Management)
- American Heart Association
- Nutrition & Heart Disease – Nutrition Tips for Heart disease written by Registered Dietitians
Women’s Health Issues
- WIC Works Resource System- provides on-line resources for staff working with the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- MyPyramid for Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
- National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
- womenshealth.gov – Office on Women’s Health
- WebMD: Women’s Health Center
- MedlinePlus – Women’s Health
Obesity
- The International Association for the Study of Obesity
- The Obesity Society
- Overweight and Obesity – CDC
- TeensHealth – from The Nemours Foundation
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention Deficit Disorder – information from ADDitude
- WebMD – ADHD Guide
- About.com – ADHD and Diet – Improving ADHD Symptoms With Diet
