Name: My Pyramid
Address: www.mypyramid.gov
Description: Dietary guidelines for Americans. Overview of USDA food groups; personalized diet worksheet.
Name: Fact Sheets on Food/Diet Pyramids: Cultural Diversity ( Ohio State )
Address: Hispanic: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5255.html
Asian: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5253.html
Vietnamese: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5258.html
Hmong: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5254.html
African-American: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5250.html
Middle-Eastern: ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5256.html
Name: Traditional Healthy Mediterranean & Asian Diet Pyramids
Address: www.mediterrasian.com/meda_living.htm (scroll down page)
Name: Oldways Food Issues Think Tank (multicultural food pyramids)
Address: www.oldwayspt.org
Name: Calorie King
Address: www.calorieking.com
Description: Search for nutritional information on food available at popular restaurants. (Look for “Food Search,” middle of homepage.)
Name: How to Read and Understand a Nutrition Label
Address: www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html
Name: Test Your Food Label Knowledge!
Address: www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flquiz1.html
Description: Interactive online quiz comparing nutrition labels. Good explanations for answers.
Name: “Healthy Choices, Healthy Me,” Dairy Council of California
Address: www.dairycouncilofca.org , (510)286-0490
Description: Full color workbook designed for children to evaluate meals & plan choices from food groups. Good resource for parents to use w/kids.
Name: “ More Water, More Fiber, Fewer Calories”
Address: http://nutrition.tufts.edu/magazine/1999fall/pyramid.html
Description: Article about reinventing the food pyramid for adults over 70 (Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy) .
Name: “ In a Low-Fat World, Why are Americans Getting Fatter? ”
Address: http://nutrition.tufts.edu/magazine/1999fall/roberts.html
Description: Article about the impact of high-carbohydrate food products.
Name: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States
Address: www.fda.gov
Description: Organization that regulates food and medication in the U.S.
Name: Nutrition.gov
Address: www.nutrition.gov
Description: Government information on food and nutrition.
Name: 5-a-Day
Address: www.5aday.gov
Description: Program encouraging Americans to eat 5 fruits and vegetables daily.
Name: My Pyramid for Kids (USDA)
Address: teamnutrition.usda.gov/kids-pyramid.html
Description: Childrens' version of the USDA food pyramid.
Name: Rules of Thumb on Portion Size (Kraft Foods)
Address: kraftfoods.com/kf/HealthyLiving/articles/rulesofthumb.htm
Description: Use your hands to visualize portion sizes.
Name: Test Your Nutrition IQ! ( Hayward Unified School District )
Address: www.husd.k12.ca.us/Nutrition/quiz.htm
Description: Use your hands to visualize portion sizes.
Name: Portion Distortion Quizzes (National Heart Blood and Lung Institute)
Address: hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/index.htm
Description: Informative and fun. See how today's portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago. Also learn about the amount of physical activity required to burn off the extra calories provided by today's portions.
Name: How Much Are You Eating? ( Federal Citizen Information Center )
Address: www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/how-much/eat.htm
Description: Compare common U.S. portion sizes to those recommended by USDA.
Name: Healthy Recipes for Kids (KidsHealth)
Address: www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes
Description: Fun, interactive way for kids to learn about food and meal preparation.
Name: Healthy Recipes (Food Network)
Address: www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_health
Description: Searchable database of healthy recipes, including diabetic & lo-cal diets.
Other searchable databases of recipes:
allrecipes.com
cookinglight.com
foodfit.com
healthrecipes.com (also: eating disorder info)