Major Resources

• MedlinePlus: Digestive System Topics
• healthfinder: health library: prevention & wellness: Nutrition
• NOAH: Nutrition
• MedicineNet: Nutrition
• CDC Health Topic: Nutrition
• NIH: Nutrition

Massachusetts Resources

• Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities has many educational resources on this topic. Contact the Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities through ARCH or search the Regional Centers for Healthy Communities Resource Library Central Catalog.

General Resources

• ADA (American Dietetic Association)Food and Nutrition Information page includes fact sheets and health tips.
• AHA (American Heart Association) Delicious DecisionsEverything you need to know about food and nutrition for a healthy heart, includes recipes, supermarket shopping guide and excellent tips for eating out.
• CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Nutrition information produced by CDC.
• CyberDiet "The best place to go to answer all your questions about adopting a healthy lifestyle." A fun and interactive site ranked highly by Tufts University Nutrition Navigator.
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans produced by US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services
• FNIC(The Food and Nutrition Information Center) Dietary Supplements--A list of resources compiled by The Food and Nutrition Information Center(FNIC).
• FNIC(The Food and Nutrition Information Center) The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)-- is one of several information centers at the National Agricultural Library(NAL).
• USDA's Food Guide Pyramid A site linking to textual and graphical resources about the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid.
• Government Food Safety Information Gateway to Government Food Safety Information.

Nutrition and Kids

• Children's Nutrition Research Center A cooperative venture between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and the US Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service.
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition For Kids, Teens and Educators--developed by FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
• Nutrition Explorations "A fun and easy way to teach nutrition" developed by the National Dairy Council
• Kids Food CyberClub Sponsored by Connecticut Association for Human Services and Kaiser Permanente. A site that makes nutrition both fun and informative for kids, parents and teachers.
• USDA for Kids A nutrition site for kids produced by the US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Center.

Digestion

• gihealth.com Patient education resources From Three Rivers Endoscopy Practice in Pennsylvania, a collection of patient information pamphlets, information on medications, photos and videos. Topics include digestive health, diagnostic procedures, liver, pancrease, upper and lower digestive system and nutrition. Written and recommended by physicians.