• USDA Unveils New, Simple Tips to Stay Healthy, Active and Fit -- Marcus Samuelsson

• USDA Blog USDA Unveils New, Simple Tips to Stay Healthy, Active -- Daily Top Tweets (03 June 2011)

In the News . . .

• How US government diet guidelines ignore the climate crisis -- The Guardian (26 August 2022)
  
  
• NYTimes: U.S. Diet Guidelines Sidestep Scientific Advice to Cut Sugar and Alcohol -- The New York Times (29 December 2020)
  
  
• Is milk healthy? Canada's new food guide says not necessarily -- BBCNews (22 January 2019)
  
  
• Beyond the Pyramid: How Food Guides Vary Around the World -- LiveScience (19 May 2016)
  
  
  • 5 Distinctive Food Guides from Around the World LiveScience [Fiji, Sweden, Benin, Belize, and The Netherlands] -- LiveScience (19 May 2016)
    
    
• Here's How 8 Different Countries Officially Define What 'Healthy Eating' Is -- TheHuffingtonPost (23 March 2016)
  
  
• New dietary guidelines crack down on sugar, but red meat gets a pass -- MPRNews (07 January 2016)
  
  
• 'My Plate' -- Rounding out the American Diet -- Gretchen Goetz, Food Safety News (22 June 2011)

• The Alliance for a Healthier Generation
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Food Irradiation
  • Food-Related Diseases
  • Food Safety
  • FoodNet -- Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network
    
    
• California Center for Public Health Advocacy
  
  
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
  • Nutrition Policy
    
    
• Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
  
  
• Consumer Federation of America
  
  
• Dietary Reference Intakes: Guiding Principles for Nutrition Labeling and Fortification. Institute of Medicine of the Academies of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 11 December 2003.
  
  
• FDA -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • A to Z Subject Index
  • Food
    • Food Safety
    • Labeling & Nutrition
      
      
• Feeding America (fka Second Harvest)
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Food safety & Human nutrition
  • Food Balance Sheets
    
    
• Food and Nutrition -- Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
  
  
• Institute of Medicine of the Academies of Medicine.
  • Food and Nutrition
    • Dietary Reference Intakes: Guiding Principles for Nutrition Labeling and Fortification. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 11 December 2003.
      
      
• Goodall, Jane. Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. NY: Wellness Cenral/Hachette, 2006.
  
  
• Nestle, Marion. What to Eat. NY: North Point, 2007.
  
  
• Nutrition -- Harvard University Health Services
  
  
• Nutrition -- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  
  
• Nutrition & Food Sciences -- BioSciEdNet (BEN)
  
  
• Nutrition & Food Science -- Human Environmental Sciences, Research Guide for Agriculture, Agricultural Information Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
  
  
• NutritionData
  
  
• Nutrition, Health & Food Safety Programs -- Colorado State University Extension
  
  
• Painter, James, Ph.D., R.D., Jee-Hyun Rah, B.S. and Yeon-Kyung Lee, Ph.D. Comparison of international food guide pictorial representations. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, April 2002, Vol. 102, No. 4, 483-489.
  
  
• Phyysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
  • Nutrition Department Reports
  • Power Plate
  • Preventive Medicine and Nutrition
  • Recipe Archive
  • Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
    • Vegetarian Starter Kit
      
      
• Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. NY: Penguin, 2008.
  
  
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  
• Taubes, Gary. Good Calories, Bad Calories. NY: Knopf, 2007.
  
  
• Two Angry Moms -- school food envoronments
  
  
• USDA Economic Research Service
  • Diet, Health and Safety
  • Food & Nutrition Assistance
    • Food Stamp Program
    • WIC Program
  • Food Environment Atlas
    
    
• Walker, W. Allan. Eat, play, and be healthy:The Harvard Medical School Guide for Healthy Eating for Kids. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
  
  
• Willett, Walter C. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating. NY: Simon & Schuster/Free Press, 2005.

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What to Eat ? "Eat less of better food," Marion Nestle ". . . Rebalancing your consumption to achieve a plant-centered diet will probably reduce your overall grocery bill" -- Mark Bittman   Michael Pollan Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. NY: Penguin, 2009. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. NY: Penguin, 2008. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead Don't eat cereals that change the colour of milk Avoid foods Grandma wouldn't recognise If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't Eat when you're hungry, not when you're bored Eat your colours Avoid long lists of ingredients Avoid ingredients you don't recognise Shop at the edges of the supermarket Include some pre-digested foods Don't overlook oily fish Only eat foods that eventually rot Avoid foods that are labelled 'low-fat Eat slowly Drink the spinach water Only eat foods cooked by humans Buy smaller plates and glasses Eat like the French, Japanese, Italians or Greeks Stop eating before you're full Don't refuel at the petrol station Try not to eat on your own It's not food if it has the same name in all languages Treat treats as treats Finally, break the rules once in a while "Don't eat cereals that change the colour of the milk: Unlikely but brilliantly simple rules that will transform the way you eat," Adapted by Claire Cohen from Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan -- MailOnline (13 January 2010) top of page A-Z index    TR HomePage Mark Bittman Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Eat More: vegetables fruits legumes whole grains Eat Less: meat rely on meat for its flavor, not its heft sugar junk food "overrefined carbohydrates"   fish is probably the best choice in animal foods stay away from any processed food that has more than five ingredients top of page A-Z index    TR HomePage Marion Nestle What to Eat. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Blog and Website . . . eat fewer calories, exercise more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and less junk food . . . learn to navigate through the supermarket aisles, and stay away from the center aisles as much as possible top of page A-Z index    TR HomePage Jane Goodall Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. NY: Wellness Cenral/Hachette, 2006. Eat Local, Eat Seasonal Celebrates restaurants and grocery stores that seek out locally grown produce Support the Right Farmers Talk to your grocer Read labels carefully Buy grass-fed animal products, or Become vegetarians Beware of Corn Syrup Avoid Plastic Bottles Changing the World: One Purchase, One Meal, One Bite at a Time