Food and Public Health
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Is Our Food Killing Us?
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Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application
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From the Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2018. Presents an overview of the role diet plays in promoting health and reducing chronic disease for many conditions such as preventing obesity, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and cancer, as well as low birth weight in babies.
From the Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2018. Thorough coverage of the topic, including definition and description of the science of nutrition, and recommended intakes for a healthy diet.
Sustainability, 16(5), 2024. Discusses the influence of food and nutritional literacy on diet quality and household food waste. Consumers with high food literacy appear to better organize their food shopping and waste less than people with low food literacy.
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, February 2023. The article discusses how lifestyle choices can allow people to mitigate high cholesterol levels and maintain the good health of their heart. Also cited are the National Institutes of Health data showing that heart disease is the top cause of deaths in men and women in the U.S.
New Dietary Guidelines: What They Mean for You
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, April 2021. The article reports on the issuance of the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" (DGA) to promote health, meet nutrient needs, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Other topics include the core elements of a healthy dietary pattern like vegetables, fruits, grains, and protein-containing foods, and the risk for chronic diseases of dietary patterns containing foods higher in sugars, sodium, and unhealthy fats.
From the Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2020. Article includes a description of nutrients and their sources, use of supplements, dietary guidelines, and the relationship between demographics and nutrition.
Portion Tips and Tricks: Using common items makes it easy to know how much food you're really eating
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, January 2023. The article discusses how to determine the portion of a food in relation to its serving size by equating these measures with common objects such as a baseball or the tip of a thumb.
The American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations
A healthy diet and lifestyle are the keys to preventing and managing cardiovascular disease. It’s not as hard as you may think. Remember, it’s the overall pattern of your choices that counts. Make these simple steps part of your life for long-term benefits to your health and your heart.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and prevent disease. It is developed and written for a professional audience, including policymakers, healthcare providers, nutrition educators, and federal nutrition program operators.
World Health Organization (WHO). Consuming a healthy diet throughout the life-course helps to prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and conditions. This fact sheet presents key information including an overview of the topic and practica advice on maintaining a healthy diet.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Launched in 2011, MyPlate’s symbol is a simple visual reminder to choose a variety of foods throughout the day and throughout the week. It represents what and how much to eat from each of the food groups over the course of the day, whether you eat on a plate, from a bowl, or another way.
National Library of Medicine. Presents an overview plus many links to related resources from the National Institutes of Health.
A leading authority on food and nutrition knowledge based at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition, The Nutrition Source provides science-based guidance for healthy living with comprehensive nutrition information through timely articles and FAQs, recipes and tools, to facilitate the translation of food and nutrition knowledge into daily practice.
