The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) promotes research, education, and applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life. Information on conferences, research grants, memberships, ACSM certifications, and other topics is presented. (
http://www.acsm.org
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The American Dietetic Association is the leading professional organization for registered dieticians and nutrition-related scientists. The site includes information for professionals as well as information for consumers. The latest ADA position papers are published at this site as well. (
http://www.eatright.org
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The Berkeley Nutrition Services is a reference site for information on assessments of dietary intake. The site features the National Cancer Institute Block Questionnaire. Included at this site is a free dietary screening questionnaire that provides immediate feedback. (
http://www.nutritionquest.com
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This division of the USDA is responsible for promoting healthy eating. They work to promote the food guide pyramid and the dissemination of nutritional guidelines. (
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit organization that is involved in nutritional advocacy. CSPI publishes the Nutrition Action Newsletter and provides online information about nutritional issues, national guidelines and food safety. (
http://www.cspinet.org
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The US Food and Drug Administration is the Nation's foremost consumer protection agency. It provides answers to many consumer questions and provides links to other resources and other government agencies. (
http://www.fda.gov
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The goal of the National Food Safety Database project is to develop an efficient management system of US food safety databases. This web site is designed to provide one-stop shopping for food safety information. There is also an interactive food safety quiz found at one of the hyperlinks. (
http://www.foodsafety.gov
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The purpose of the IFIC is to provide sound, scientific information on food safety and nutrition. There are a large number of online publications on a variety of topics and issues from survey results to Q and A about food allergies. IFIC is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. (
http://www.ific.org
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The Health and Medicine link at this site connects to current project and research information of the NAS. There is considerable information related to nutrition and health. This is a large site covering a broad range of sciences. (
http://www.nas.edu
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An annotated database of nutrition references compiled for the 2000 National Nutrition Summit. The data base contains summaries and abstracts of over 5,000 citations from 1970 to 2000 on a variety of nutrition topics. (
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/nutritionsummit.html
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The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) supports research and disseminates research results in the area of dietary supplements. The ODS also provides advice to other Federal agencies regarding research results related to dietary supplements. The ODS is committed to strengthening the knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements through research and education. (
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
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This site provides access to the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center which contains links to various nutrition resources, including an interactive food guide pyramid. Food composition, dietary guidelines, healthy eating index, and USDA reports can also be found here. (
http://www.usda.gov
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This site provides access to the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center which contains links to various nutrition resources, including detailed information on the food guide pyramid. Food composition, dietary guidelines, healthy eating index, and USDA reports can also be found here. (
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
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