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Nutrition.gov provides easy access to vetted food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.
Users can find practical information on healthy eating, dietary supplements, fitness and how to keep food safe. The site is kept fresh with the latest news and features links to interesting sites.
Nutrition.gov is funded by Research, Education and Economics (REE) mission area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the National Agricultural Library.
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Nutrition.gov arose from USDA's commitment to promote a healthy America as outlined in Healthier US: The President's Health and Fitness Initiative. Nutrition.gov is supported through a USDA Interagency Agreement with REE.
Food and Nutrition Experts Working for You
Nutrition.gov was revitalized by the staff at the Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) and the NAL in cooperation with a panel of food and nutrition expert advisors from agencies within USDA and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). FNIC is an award-winning leader in online global nutrition information and was selected on this basis to revamp Nutrition.gov. The Nutrition.gov site was launched in November, 2004 and a major renovation was completed in February 2008.
FNIC's staff of trained nutrition professionals, most of whom are Registered Dietitians (R.D.), provide information on food and human nutrition.
Source: Nutrition.gov
Foundation and philanthropic support for nutrition and healthy foods from around the Web.
Foundation: Nike
"We're working to change the paradigm of how we screen for malnutrition, which can ultimately help treat more children and save more lives." That's the pronouncement of Laura Medialdea Marcos,...more
Foundation: Princeton Area Community Foundation
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in grants to more than 60 community organizations in the New Jersey city. The grants, awarded in the Community Impact and...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Bill Gates took to Reddit on Wednesday for his 11th "Ask Me Anything" session, and the Microsoft co-founder spent more than an hour fielding questions about everything from climate change and...more
Foundation: Saginaw Community Foundation
The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded Saginaw, Mich., a $280,000 grant to open a grocery store and community kitchen in an area that used to be a food desert, WNEM...more
The San Diego Hunger Coalition has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Save the Children to bolster its Hunger Free Kids Mountain Empire program in rural San Diego County, NBC San Diego...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut has announced its 2014 Women & Girls Fund grants, and they're going to more than 50 nonprofit organizations that help women and girls in various areas,...more
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, provides food to more than 6 million women and young children, including nearly half of all infants born in the...more
"When corporations like Bridgestone don't just give but gather others to play a role in grassroots support with a direct and clear impact on their local communities, it makes all the...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Qatar's Qatar Fund for Development to help some of the world's poorest people cope with the effects of climate change, the Gulf Times...more
On an episode of On the Evidence, J.B. Wogan, Senior Manager of Strategic Communications, talk about a demonstration using home-delivered boxes packed with fruit, vegetables, and other shelf-stable...more
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