Food and Nutrition Resources for Health

Visit the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics at EatRight.org to find helpful tips, healthful recipes, and evidence-based answers to your nutrition questions.

General Information

• The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are the Nation’s go-to source for nutrition advice. Published every 5 years for public health professionals, each edition of the Dietary Guidelines reflects the current body of nutrition science. These recommendations help Americans make healthy food and beverage choices and serve as the foundation for vital nutrition policies and programs across the United States.

• Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

• Fruits & Veggies, More Matters! is a health initiative focused on helping Americans increase fruit & vegetable consumption for better health.

• Nutrition.gov provides easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers. A service of the National Agricultural Library, USDA.

• The Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information Center is a source for scientifically accurate and peer-reviewed information regarding the roles of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals (plant chemicals that may affect health), and other dietary factors, including some food and beverages, in preventing disease and promoting health.

• The USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center - a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971 - provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers.

• CDC - Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity - CDC nutrition efforts support public health strategies and programs that improve dietary quality, support healthy child development, and reduce chronic disease.
• Nutrition Through the Lifecyle - Resources for families and older adults.