Nutrition Resources on the Internet

Teaching Resources

• Articles from Medline on nutrition education published in English since 2003
• ARIS instructor website (requires password)

General Health Information

• Healthfinder
• Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home edition, 2000 Based on the Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 1999 ed. continuously updated
• Mayo Clinic
• Food Clipart

Medical Reference

• Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary copyright 2003
• adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia 4,000 articles and images, copyright 2000
• International Classification of Diseases, 9th ed., Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
• English-Spanish food glossary

Pharmaceuticals/hMOs

• RxList: the Internet Drug List More than 4,000 medications on file (recommended by Popular Science as Best of Web 2000)
• Medical Board of California Look here to check doctors' backgrounds
• California Internet Formulary Reference Lists health plans and their policies/coverage

Finding Aids

• HealthWeb Annotated listing of health-related Internet sites. BioSites has been discontinued, so use this one
• Medline A huge index to medical journal articles
• Gray's Anatomy 1918 edition

Nutrition Services

• Case Western Reserve University Nutrition Dept. (search engines/journals/associations/websites)
• American Dietetic Association
• Arbor Nutrition Guide
• Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) 10th Edition, 1989: will be replaced by Dietary Reference Intakes when they are complete
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) Complete listing
• DRI Tables
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride 1999 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline 2000 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids 2000 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc 2002 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds 1998 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment 2001 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Planning 2003 edition
  Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition of Dietary Fiber 2001 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes: A Risk Assessment Model for Establishing Upper Intake Levels for Nutrients 1999 edition
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) 2002 edition
• Evolution of Evidence for Selected Nutrient and Disease Relationships 2002 edition

Dietary Services

• Food Resource designed to assist the food industry
• USDA nutrient database for standard reference, 2005z edition Data for 6,000 foods for up to 125 nutrients
• Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005 from DHHS
• Institute of Food Research
• Dietary Managers Association
• Foodservice Central.com
• American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators
• National Restaurant Association
• Foodservice Equipment Reports
• Tray Delivery System
• Archives of NUTEPI (Nutritional Epidemiology, Dietary Assessment Methods)

Alternative Medicine

• HerbMed
• Henriette's herbal homepage

Journals

• Free medical journals listing--nutrition
• FDA Consumer
• Postgraduate Medicine
• Geriatric Nursing (password required; not working 5/07)
• Geriatrics

Small Business Information

• IRS site for small business
• US Business Advisor from the SBA
• Bank of America Resource Center Starting and marketing your business; managing your finances

 

 

Updated by Tina S. Lau, 12/20/07