Nutrition Resources

If you're interested in learning more about healthy food choices, teaching your children about nutrition, or if you're intrested in finding practical tools to help you make positive changes, you'll find all the information you need in these resources.

General Information

• MyPyramid
• Nutrition.gov
• Understanding the Nutrition Facts Label
• Healthier Us
• Dietary Guidelines
• Food & Nutrition Information Center
• USDA Nutrient Database
• Food & Drug Administration
• Tufts Nutrition Letter
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIS) and Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs)

Interactive Sites for Kids

• MyPyramid for Kids

  • Coloring pages, nutrition worksheet, blast off game

• Powerful Girls. Powerful Bones.
  • Games, quizzes, information, screensavers, wallpaper aimed to prevent osteoporosis

• Milk Matters for Kids
  • Puzzles, mazes, crosswords, coloring pages

• Eat Smart. Play Hard.
  • Comic books, bookmarks, activity pages

Food Saftey

• Fresh and Frozen Seafood
• Eggs
• Juice
• Produce
• During Pregnancy
• Regrigerated Foods
• Foodborne Illnesses
• MyPyramid: Food saftey

Food Allergies

• An Overview
• Food Allergies & Insensitivities
  • Lists recipes, support groups and articles for each allergy/insensitivity
• Reducing the Risk

Weight Management

• SmallStep.gov
• Aim for a Healthy Weight
• Avoiding Portion Pitfalls
  • Includes portion boardgame
• MyPyramid: Steps to a healthier weight

Nutrient Specific Resources

Fruits & Vegetables

• Fruit & Veggies: More Matters
• MyPyramid: Vegetables
• MyPyramid: Fruits
• Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables

Grains

• MyPyramid: Grains
• Whole Grains Council

Meat & Beans

• MyPyramid: Meat and Beans

Dairy

• Why Milk Matters for Kids
• MyPyramid: Milk
• National Dairy Council
• 3-A-Day Campaign

Fats & Oils

• MyPyramid: Oils

• American Heart Association Recommendations

• American Heart Association: Face the Fats

Miscellaneous Resources

• Utah Farmer's Markets

• Whats In Food

• Tips for Eating Out

• Vegetarian Diets