Framingham State College

Computer Applications in Nutrition

Nutrition Web Sites
Online Diet Analysis Tools
Fitday Food and exercise journal.
www.fitday.com Fitday offers a reliable, user-
friendly program which is
most useful for an individual
looking for a diet analysis
and fitness tracking
program. Additionally, it
allows tracking over time.
Life Clinic My Health Record offers a
http://www.lifeclinic.com variety of health tracking
tools in addition to Nutrition
and Fitness tracking. It also
offers a Food Analyzer that
analyzes nutrition content of
individual food items, Food
and Exercise Diary for
recording and tracking your
daily meals and activities,
and a question-and-answer
service with registered
dietitians.
USDA Food Composition Data Search individual foods in
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp the most recent release of
the USDA Nutrient
Database.

MyPyramid Tracker MyPyramid tracker is based

http://www.mypyramid.gov on the 2005 Dietary
Guidelines (DG). It
calculates daily intake
compared to the DG,
MyPyramid Stats, Nutrient
Intake from food and
Nutrient Information on
Dietary Supplements. At this
time of this evaluation, the
Healthy Index portion was
under revision.
Nutrawatch This is a reliable, easy to
www.nutrawatch.com use diet analysis tool. This

Nutridiary
www.nutridiary.com
Nutrition Analysis Tool
http://www.nat.uiuc.edu
Nutrition Data
http://www.nutritiondata.com
Menu Planners and Recipe Sites
Interactive Menu Planner
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner
My Menus
http://www.mymenus.com
tool allows the user to
change their goals for
macronutrients, fiber and
sodium.
Nutridiary is a very
thorough and informative
tool that is easy to use. It
offers an abundance of
graphing and tracking
options that allow for data
to be easily visualized and
interpreted.
NAT is a simple, free diet
analysis tool which uses
food codes rather than food
names to display analysis,
making it less user friendly
than some other programs;
reports are also difficult to
print. The site also offers
online interactive nutrition
education, sports nutrition,
body image and basic
nutrition.
Free and interactive web
site that generates nutrition
facts labels and provides
simplified nutritional
analysis for foods and
recipes. Uses reliable USDA
nutrient database, however
some tips not accurate.
National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute’s Interactive
site for creating meals for
1200-2000 calorie levels.
Loads of recipes which can
be re-sized to meet your
needs; provides nutrient
analysis of each recipe and
generates a shopping list.
Cooking Light Recipes with a lighter flare
www.cookinglight.com
Your Produce Man Current produce information ie: pricing,
www.yourproduceman.com crop damage and more. Nutrition and
food trivia. Recipes for almost any kind
of produce.
Food Network Lots of recipes and more.
www.foodnetwork.com
The Cook's Thesaurus A cooking encyclopedia that
www.foodsubs.com covers thousands of
ingredients and kitchen
tools. Entries include
pictures, descriptions,
synonyms, pronunciations,
and suggested
substitutions.
Epicurious Menus & Recipes galore!
www.epicurious.com

Cooks Recipes and more

www.cooks.com

General Nutrition Sites

Homepage for the Food and

Food and Nutrition Information Nutrition Information
Center Center. Nutrition topics,
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic Dietary Supplements, Food
composition, Dietary
Guidelines, Food Guide
Pyramid, FNIC Databases
Dietary Guidelines 2005 Authoritative source of
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguideli dietary advice to promote
nes/ good health and prevent
chronic disease..
Food borne Illness Education Food Safety Education,
Information Center HACCP, Discussion groups
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/index. and links
html
National Center for Chronic Disease Includes nutrition, physical
Prevention and Health Promotion activity, public health
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp programs, publications and
more.
MEDLINEplus Find health topics,
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus encyclopedia and dictionary.
Interactive tutorials on
health conditions.
Mayo Clinic General Health information,
www.mayoclinic.com including sections on
Healthy Living, Diseases &
Conditions, Drug Search,
Health Program, Books &
Newsletters.
Web MD Great site for researching
www.webmd.com common ailments, aches &
pains, and keeping up with
the latest research being
done on all types of health
issues.
Peapod Access Nutrition Facts labels
www.peapod.com and pictures of brand name
foods on a variety of
products. Go to “product
information” to view item,
then right click to save
picture. Copy/Print Nutrition
Facts label and ingredient
list (remember food labels
frequently change and
these may not be uptodate)
Center for Science in the Public Nutrition Advocacy
Interest Organization. Check out
http://www.cspinet.org/ Nutrition Action Healthletter.
Vegetarian Resource Group Excellent resource on the
http://www.vrg.org topic of vegetarianism.

Nutrition.gov This sites provides a broad

http://www.nutrition.gov array of nutrition resources,
including education
programs, fact sheets and
lifecycle resources.
UPENN Link to variety of Nutrition
http://www.med.upenn.edu/nutrimed/web Web sites
sites.html
National Center for Complementary & Sound information on
Alternative Medicine alternative and
http://nccam.nih.gov/ complementary medicine.
Food Labeling Everything you need to
http://:www.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html know about Food labeling.

FDA Kids Interactive site for kids and

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids teens includes Food Safety
Quiz, , The Teen Scene and
more

For Schools

Offers links to a variety of

Food and Nutrition Resources for
Teachers
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/educators.htComp Online) using the
ml
DOE-Nutrition Education and Training Provides links to a variety of
Resources
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cnp/links/defaul training resources for those
t.html
The Children’s Health Project
Network www.childrenshealthfund.org
Action for Healthy Kids
www.actionforhealthykids.org
nutrition resources, as well
as nutrient analysis (Food
online USDA Nutrient
Database.
nutrition education and
working with kids/students .
Healthy B.A.S.I.C.S.(Building
Active Strategies to Inform
Children in School), a health
education program for
elementary and middle
school children. Supported
by a grant from
Metropolitan Life Foundation
and developed by clinicians
from The Children’s Health
Fund’s National Children’s
Health Project Network,
Healthy B.A.S.I.C.S. provides
simple, accurate and
culturally relevant health
education brochures and
lesson plans, suitable for
children of all backgrounds.
The only nonprofit
organization formed
specifically to address the
epidemic of overweight,
undernourished and
sedentary youth by focusing
on changes at school.
Eat Smart
www.eatsmart.org
Nutrition Explorations
www.nutritionexplorations.org
Food Profile
www.foodprofile.com
School Nutrition Association
www.wellness.schoolnutrition.org
National School Food Service
Institute
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/nfsmi/index Professionals
.html
MA DOE - Managing Life Threatening MA guidelines developed for
Food Allergies
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cnp/news02/alle allergies.
rgy.pdf
John Stalker Institute of Food &
Nutrition
www.johnstalkerinstitute.org
New England Dairy Council
http://www.newenglanddairycouncil.org/ resources for Health
Team Nutrition
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn
InteliHealth
http://www.intelihealth.com
National Institutes of Health
http://health.nih.gov
Washington State Dairy
Council. Lots of nutrition
education resources.
Dairy Council site; resources for
educators, parents, kids and school
foodservice
Tons of information for food products
such as cooking and storing
information, pack size, how to store as
well as nutritional information.
Outstanding resource with everything
for your school nutrition needs.
Excellent resource for
School Nutrition
schools to manage food
Site offers nutrition and
food service resources to
MA schools and child
nutrition professionals.
Nutrition education
Professionals, School Food
Services and Consumers
On-line nutrition education
programs for teachers, as
well as lots of great nutrition
information for kids and
their families.
Aetna web site offers
individual food search (uses
USDA database, but does
not list which release), as
well as a interactive tools
and health related
information geared to the
consumer.
Provides links to credible
health information as well
as to MEDLINEplus (health
database) and Healthfinder
 (health resource)

Portion Distortion Quiz National Institutes of Health

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/index.htm Interactive Quiz
Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Eating Pyramid and
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsour much more!
ce/pyramids.html
Oldways Site promoting healthy
http://www.oldwayspt.org eating, sustainable food
choices and traditional
foodways. Links to healthy
eating pyramids, including
Mediterranean, Vegetarian,
Asian, Latin and Good
Health Puzzle.
Gatorade Sports Science Institute Sports information and
www.GSSIweb.com resources

About Nutrition Offers tons of nutrition

http://nutrition.about.com information (site run by RD)
as well as food Clipart,
vitamin/mineral facts and
single food nutrient analysis
NCEP Interactive Applications Special Web Pages and
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subsites/index.ht Interactive Applications
m include links to High Blood
Pressure, Healthy Weight,
Cholesterol, BMI calculator,
Women’s Health Initiative
and more.
CDC Click on Health Topics to link
http://www.cdc.gov to endless resources

Strong Women Strength training info for

www.strongwomen.com women

Diet Channel Useful site to find

www.thedietchannel.com
QuackWatch
www.quackwatch.com
National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Disorders
http://www.niddk.nih.gov
information on quack diets.
Guide to quackery on the
web and health fraud.
Health Information with Fact
Sheet on many nutrition
related conditions
Office of Dietary Supplements
http://dietary-
supplements.info.nih.gov/health.aspx
Drug interactions
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/
ChooseDrugs
For Kids & Families
USDA for KIDS
http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids
Children’s Nutrition Research Center Site offers information
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc
Fit Family and Kids
http://www.fitfamilyandkids.com
Smart-Mouth
http://www.cspinet.org/smartmouth
Verbparents
http://www.verbparents.com
Meal Make Over Mom
http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/inde Offers topics of interest to
x.html
Kidnetic
http://www.kidnetic.com
Health information on
dietary supplements
Check interactions between
two or more drugs,
including interactions with
food and alcohol.
Educational site for kids
including nutrition, science
and agricultural resources
resources for children and
their families, as well as
education & training links,
including Children’s Energy
Calculator and BMI
calculator.
Offers healthy recipes and
free downloads which
include nutrition charts
Interactive site for Kids
sponsored by Center for
Science in the Public
Interest.
CDC funded campaign
geared to get kids 9-13
years old active
A fun site run by RD's.
moms, such as customized
shopping lists, recipes
makeovers and nutrition
tips. Offers a free
"Makeover Mom's Club"
which helps mothers
improve the way their
families eat.
Interactive site for kids
including topics on nutrition,
recipes and exercise.
Kids Health
http://www.kidshealth.org
Dole 5 A Day
http://www.dole5aday.com
Kids Nutrition Web Site
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/food/kidsnutriti and information for kids,
on/
Nutrition for Kids
http://www.nutritionforkids.com
Kids with Food Allergy
http://www.kidswithfoodallergy.org
Food Allergy
http://www.foodallergy.org
Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls
http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones
BAM
http://www.bam.gov
For Professionals
The American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org
Daily News from the ADA Knowledge
Center
knowledge@eatright.org
DPG’s
http://www.eatright.org/Public/Continuing current in the field.
Education/index_11383.cfm
Health and Nutrition web
site for kids and teens
Site provides creative ways
to increase fruit and
vegetable consumption.
Educational activities, links
teens, parents and teachers.
FREE Feeding Kids
Newsletter, as well as other
nutrition resources by RD
Excellent site for recipes as
well as many other food
allergy resources.
Invaluable site providing
food allergy education and
information.
Interactive sites focused on
bone health geared to girls
BAM! was created to answer
kids' questions on health
issues and recommend
ways to make their bodies
and minds healthier,
stronger, and safer. BAM!
also serves as an aid to
teachers, providing them
with interactive activities to
support their health and
science curriculums that are
educational and fun.
Sponsored by CDC.
Professional organization for
Registered Dietitians
E-mails contain links to
current articles (research,
popular, etc.) Great to keep
 ADA Dietetic Practice groups
including description and
link to web site.
MDA Nutrition resource for RD’s
www.massnutrition.org including job listings,
contact information for MDA
committees, licensure and
professional activities.
Nutrition Jobs Select job category and
www.nutritionjobs.com location to view job listings
with description and contact
information.
Growth Charts Site provides downloadable
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts growth charts, as well as
interactive training modules
and PowerPoint
presentations.
WIC topics A-Z Maternal & Child health
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Topics/i resources
ndex.html
Squirrel Tales High calorie recipes
http://www.squirreltales.com/articles/recip
es.html
Bell Institute General Mills site which
http://www.bellinstitute.com includes health & nutrition
resources, WIC nutrition
resources, Nutrition News,
product nutrition
information.
MEDLINE References and abstracts
from 4600 biomedical
http://nlm.nih.gov
journals.
Dietary Reference Intakes Invaluable site containing
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/00010 pdf files of the Dietary
5.html Reference Intakes and
Recommended Dietary
Allowances.
Merck Manual The Merck Manual of
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/ Medical Information –Home
mmanual_home/contents.jsp Edition. Online access to
disorders.
PDA MD Site offers advise about
http://www.pdamd.com purchasing PDA,
 downloading and installing
software.
PDA RD One of a kind site designed
http://www.pdard.com by an RD for RD's offering
advise and resources on
PDA's.
Thanks to all the students and nutrition professionals who contributed
to this list.
KMcGrail, MEd, RD, LDN 2006