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Dietary Reference Intakes - DRIsThis set of books from the Institute of Medicine provides a "set of four reference values:
Estimated Average Requirements (EAR), Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), Adequate Intakes (AI), and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL), that have replaced the 1989 Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)."
Some titles are available online; others are in the Chemistry and Life Science libraries in book form.
Search the library catalog for exact locations.

Fast Food Nutrition Facts Calculator

MyPyramid.gov
Guide to the USDA food pyramid

The Nutrition Analysis Tool
A web-based program that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for different nutrients.

Nutrition.gov
"Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers."

USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans
"...authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases." Full text is available in HTML and PDF formats.

USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
"Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition
and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers."

USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Access to the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

American College of Nutrition

American Dietetic Association (ADA)

American Society for Nutrition

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest)

Food and Drug Administration: Foods

International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists

International Food Policy Research Institute

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

Nutrition Action Health Letter, Center for Science in the Public Interest

Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (Yale)

Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

UT Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, School of Human Ecology

Vegetarian Resource Group

Arbor Nutrition Guide
Includes an alerting service when new links are added.

Blonz Guide: Nutrition, Food Science and Health
Maintained by a nutritionist.

BUBL Link:  Nutrition
BUBL is an Internet-based information service designed for the UK higher education community,
but offers a multitude of useful resources for those outside the UK.

Librarians' Internet Index: Nutrition and Food Safety
Websites you can trust, from a directory maintained by librarians.

Science.gov
Links to resources on Food, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Nutrition Indexes

Agricola—An online index to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library.

Medicine Indexes

Consumer Health Indexes

Alternative Medicine Indexes

Directory of Open Access Journals—nutrition & food sciences

Grey Literature Reports from the NY Academy of Medicine

Nutritional Research Series: Volume 1: Application of Systematic Review Methodology to the Field of Nutrition

Nutrition Research Series: Volume 2: Issues and Challenges in Conducting Systematic Reviews to Support Development of Nutrient Reference Values: Workshop Summary

World Food Habits Bibliography: English-language resources for the anthropology of food and nutrition (Robert Dirks, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Univ. of Illinois)