FoodData Central is an integrated data system that provides expanded nutrient profile data and links to related agricultural and experimental research.
On Nutrition Data, you'll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods.
The California Produce Safety Program is a unit operating under the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Inspection Services Division. It exists to help bring California produce farms into compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Produce Safety Rule.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a unique, state-based surveillance system active in all 50 states. This system is the primary source of state-based information on risk behaviors (including poor diet and physical inactivity) among adult populations.
Through the Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program, ACL’s Administration on Aging (AoA) provides grants to states to help support nutrition services for older people throughout the country.
Has searchable Food Composition Products data sets. Allows you to download the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, and more. Has links to other food composition and nutrition home pages.
Includes Food, Nutrition and Agriculture, FAO's on-line journal about nutrition, food quality and safety and also reports on food composition, nutrition education, biotechnology, etc.
Quackwatch is an international network of people who are concerned about health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere.
The Foundation Directory Online Professional (FDOP) includes over 240,000 up-to-date grant maker profiles. Included in the Directory is in-depth information regarding not only the grants issued by the grant makers, but also who the recipients are, and for what purpose the grants were made.
Access to FDOP is restricted to Chico State IP addresses on-site in the Meriam Library building.
Links to clip art, images and photographic art, including the ARS Image Gallery, commercial sites, and more, to enhance your nutrition education projects.
Thousands of clip art images of foods plus links to other sites that have food clip-art images. Make sure that you read any restriction notices. In most cases you are allowed to use the images for personal use but not for commercial use.
