PATHFINDER:
Nutrition

A Pathfinder helps you find your way from one resource to the next. Use this roadmap
to find the best resources on Nutrition.

Gale Student Bronze:
http://galenet.galegroup.com
Can be accessed at school or from home with your school password
Subject: nutrition
"Nutrition." Experiment Central. U*X*L, 2000.
“Nutrition." U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. 2nd ed. U*X*L, 2002
"Food pyramid." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 2nd ed. 6 vols. Gale Group, 2001.
Planet Twinkie weighs on us. San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2002 pA17
Forget Big Diets; change the way you eat for life. Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, Jan 17, 1994 p0117K5964
Taking on trans fats: the FDA is now mandating that food manufacturers list the trans fatty acid content of foods--a move that health advocates applaud. Saturday Evening Post, Nov-Dec 2003 v275 i6 p58(7)
'Nutrition facts' to help consumers eat smart. FDA Consumer, May 1993 v27 n4 p22(6)
Reference; Magazines & Journals; Newspapers; Primary Documents


Internet Resources:
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner/menu.cgi
National Institute of Health – Interactive Menu Planner
http://www.nutrition.gov
Government website
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
National agricultural library
http://navigator.tufts.edu/
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov
FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition


INFOHIO Resources: http: www.infohio.org/ Click on Core Collection
Can be accessed from home with your school password.
Britannica Online: http://school.eb.com/
Search terms: nutrition; nutrition, human; determination of nutrition requirements
Sirs Discoverer http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/SIRS.asp
Click on Health and Human Body Subject: Food, Drink & Nutrition
EBSCOHOST Research Databases http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/EBSCO.asp
Magazines, Secondary Search
Newspapers
MedlinePlus: http://medlineplus.gov/
NetWellness: http://www.netwellness.org/


Videos:

Read before you eat (video recording) : a food package quiz / Granada Television International.Lake Zurich, IL. The Learning Seed, c1996.Menu Planning for fast food addicts (video recording) Vancouver, WA, The School Co., c1991Your Nutrition Style: new dietary guidelines.(videorcording) Produced by Learning Seed. Lake Zurich, IL; c2002
Human Nutrition. Weight control & metabolism (video recording) S.I. Cerebellum Corporation, c2001.
Eat and be healthy (video recording). San Diego, California, Media Guild, c1997

OPLIN Resources – Ohio Public Library Information Network
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/
Can be accessed from home with your public library card.
Electric Library
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Researcher

Print Titles and Reference (600’s)
The Encyclopedia of nutrition and good health/ Robert Ronzio, New York: Facts on File, c2003.613.203
Nutrition almanac/ Lavon J. Dunne. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2002. 613.2
Nutrition/Anna Galperin; intro by C. Everett Koop. New York: Chelsea House, Publications, c1991. 612.3
Nutrition/text by Anna Spence. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1988. 612.3
Health Science Projects about Nutrition/Robert Gardner. Berkeley Heights, NJ.Enslow Publishers, c2002. 612.39078.



Teacher Resources:
The National Restaurant Association maintains its own Web site with industry information. It also has information about market-driven solutions to the consumer demands for healthier offerings. www.nationalrestaurantassociation.com
National Dairy Council, www.nationaldairycouncil.org
FDA Consumer, www.fda.gov/fdac/default.htm
Nutrition Action Health Letter, www.cspinet.com/nah/index.htm.
If you have questions about food, call the Consumer Nutrition Hotline for the American Dietetic Association's National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics. Registered dietitians will answer questions; the service is free. Call (800) 366-1655.