Tufts Resources

• Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
• The Tufts University Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Books

QU	Nutrition
WD 100	Nutrition Disorders

E-Books

• Benders' dictionary of nutrition and food technology
• Dictionary of food and nutrition
• Modern nutrition in health and disease

Associations/Boards

• American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists
• American Dietetic Association
• American Society of Bariatric Physicians
• American Society for Nutrition
• American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Institute of Food Technologists
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• National Association of Nutrition Professionals

Children

• kidsnutrition.org
  USDA/Agricultural Research Service's Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  Dedicated to defining the nutrient needs of children, and the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers.
• Healthy Meals Resource System
  National Agricultural Library
• MEDLINEplus - Child Nutrition
  National Library of Medicine resource primarily aimed at consumers.
• Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, CDC
  
• PedNSS: Provides a framework for tabulating and interpreting state-specific information on the nutritional characteristics of low-income children.
• PNSS: Provides a framework for tabulating and analyzing state-specific
  information on the nutritional status and behavioral risk factors of pregnant women and their association to birth outcome.
• USFDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  Resources for kids, teens, and educators.

Databases

• Nutrition databases licensed by Tufts
• Agricola
  National Agricultural Library
  Covers the world's literature in agricultural research published in books, technical reports, and over 1,400 journals from 1979.
• AltMedDex
  Comprehensive referenced data on herbal medicines and dietary supplements covering uses, efficacy, dosing, toxicity, and more.
• BIOSIS Previews
  Comprehensive life sciences database, incorporating Biological Abstracts.
• CAB Abstracts
  Literature in agriculture, nutrition, animal health and natural resources.
• EcoSal
  Comprehensive archive of the entire corpus of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell.
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
  Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
  Database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals
• LexisNexis Academic
  Full-text resource includes articles from major American newspapers, regional papers, newsletters, and journals; country and state profiles; medical and health topics; federal case law, the U.S. Code, law reviews, and state legal research.
• MEDLINE
  International biomedical journal literature includes over 11 million journal citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare systems, and pre-clinical sciences.
  
  • Access via Ovid
    
  • Access via PubMed (use this link with your Tufts UTLN for e-journals licensed to the Tufts community)
    Full-text coverage of Tufts-owned journals is available via the blue Tufts icon on its Citation and Abstract displays. To limit to articles available free in PubMed Central, select it from the Subsets menu under Limits. Other full-text access is available via some publisher icons.
• Science Citation Index
  Contains bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. Can be searched by: subject, author, journal, author address and/or articles that cite a known author or work.
• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR)
  Nutrient Data Laboratory
  The major source of food composition data in the U.S. and provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. Contains data on 6,220 food items and up to 117 food components. The database is downloadable via the USDA web site; files required to search the databases are also available for download.

Diet & Food

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
  Joint USDA/HHS
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
  Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
• EdNet: National Food Safety Educator's Network (EDNET-L)
  Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
  Electronic network for food safety educators intended as a one-way direct mail food safety education update from the FDA, USDA, and CDC.
• Food Guide Pyramid
  Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
  Booklets, educational tools and graphics of pyramid. Includes other food pyramids e.g. ethnic, vegetarian, etc.
• Food Labeling and Nutrition: Overview
  Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
• Healthy Eating Index
  Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA
  
• Label Claims
  Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, FDA
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
  National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
  Collects information about the health and diet of people in the U.S.
  Also available at the InfoCirc Desk NHANES III Report QU 146 AA1 N576
• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18
  Searchable nutrient lists and reports for over 7,000 foods.

Dietary Supplements

• ConsumerLab
  Comprehensive information about vitamin, herbal and other supplements, and nutritional products for both humans and pets. Includes independent product evaluations, lists of quality-approved brands, product recalls, and safety warnings.
• Dietary Supplements
  Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, FDA
  Overview, general information and FAQ, regulations, safety information and more.
• Dietary Supplements Label Database
  NLM
  
  • Information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands
  • Comparison of ingredients in different brands
  • Information on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers
• Herbal Supplements
  • Herbal Medicine
    MEDLINEPlus Health Information, NLM/NIH
    Links to general information, clinical trials, research and news
  • HerbMed
    Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
    Organized by scientific name, links to list of bibliography of evidence studies.
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
  Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
  Access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements. Choose the full IBIDS Database, a subset of Consumer Citations Only or Peer Reviewed Citations Only.
• Macronutrients, Phytonutrients, Vitamins, and Minerals
  National Agricultural Library

Government Resources

Global

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• UNICEF
• World Health Organization

U.S.

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  FDA
• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
  USDA
• Congressional Hunger Center
  Non-profit anti-hunger leadership training organization partnered with select Members of Congress, as well as several national and international hunger fighting organizations
• Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
  Created by Congress to help meet the needs of hungry and homeless people throughout the US and its territories by allocating federal funds for the provision of food and shelter.
• Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs
  Economic Research Service, USDA
  Research and policy documents on the 15 food assistance programs administered by the USDA, including Food Stamps and WIC.
• Nutrition Assistance Programs
  Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
  Nutrition Assistance programs including Food Stamps, WIC, Child Nutrition, Team Nutrition and Food Distribution.
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
  National Agricultural Library, USDA
  Index to a wide range of nutrition resources, including international and foreign language sites.
• Nutrition Topics
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Nutrition Programs Human Nutrition
  Agricultural Research Service, USDA
  Human nutrition research.
• Nutrition.gov
  Government clearinghouse for nutritional information.
• Office of Dietary Supplements
  NIH

Portals/Other Resources

• Arbor Nutrition Guide
  Links to various fields, including food science, agricultural industry, clinical nutrition, dietary management, and phytochemistry.
• International Food Information Council (IFIC)
  Science-based information on food safety and nutrition for health and nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government officials and others providing information to consumers.

News

• Dietary Supplements/Food Labeling Electronic Newsletter
  Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
• New York Times Nutrition news
  

Photographs - Digital Library

• Medicinal Herb Garden of the University of Washington
  
• Online Photography Center
  USDA
  Scoll down screen for subject index of public domain graphics and high-resolution photographs.
• Google Image Search