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Significance of Food & Nutrition in Daily Life

· Social, Cultural, Psychological Significances ·
· Nutrition Education ·
· Recipes ·


Social, Cultural, Psychological Significances

  • www.paguide.com
    Sponsored by Health Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, this web site is a source for the Physical Activity Guide for Canadians which encourages physical activity and good nutrition for good health. The guides can be downloaded or ordered from this site.


  • www.ccsd.ca/facts.html
    Canadian Council on Social Development


  • www.partners.ca
    Partners in Rural Development


Nutrition Education

  • www.5to10aday.com
    This site of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association contains much good information for teaching about the importance of fruits and vegetables in the diet: facts, research, food safety, and Canadian! Canadian Produce Marketing Association wants to increase fruits and vegetables in Canadian's diets. This site contains lots of facts, latest research, recipes, and tips for increasing fruits and vegetable consumption in all meals of the day.


  • www.asfsa.org
    American School Food Service Association: The emphasis is on nutrition here and encouraging nutrition at school.


  • www.allallergy.net/allallergy/
    The All Allergy website provides everything intolerance, allergy, and hypersensitivity sufferers and health-care professionals need to know about this complex and rapidly-developing field. They provide the only allergy and intolerance gateway site, only site with an allergen database, only allergy site with article grading and allergy and intolerance information.


  • www.asiafood.org
    Excellent site for Asian Food. Videos of food preparation and discussions available. Can search site for information on food in variety of countries from Australia to Sr Lanka, etc, by region, by food group or by recipe. Highly recommended.


  • www.bread.org
    Bread of the World Institute


  • www.breadworld.com
    Breads - Fleischman's Yeast(recipes, bread machine info and helpful hints)


  • www.beefinfo.org
    Beef Information Centre


  • http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/index.htm
    The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport is an attractive page targeting young women and containing information on nutrition issues for women ?calcium, iron, vegetarianism, etc. Will appeal to young women who are physically active or interested in becoming so.


  • www.cyh.com
    This site is on Child and Youth Health, developed by Southern Australia and written in simple language and style designed for easy access. The section on Youth Health has information on healthy eating for youth, and contains the Australian guidelines for nutrition. The section on parent and child includes information written for parents on teenagers and food, vegetarian eating, and eating disorders.


  • www.deliciousdecisions.org/
    This website by the American Heart Association promotes good nutrition and has several sections. Enjoy Eating contains information about well-balanced eating, Cookbook contains over 200 AHA recipes, Fit Forever includes information on healthy eating, managing your weight and staying physically active, Supermarket contains shopping tips, Out and About contains information about dining out, and Step by Step includes information and guidance on AHA diet plans.


  • dialadietitian.org
    This is the website of Dial-A-Dietitian, the British Columbia based phone-in line on nutrition information. You can search this site for information on any questions. Recommend going to the Site Map and accessing information on most frequently asked questions and factsheets. Recommended book list found under the Resources section is also useful.


  • www.dietitians.ca
    The web site of Dietitians of Canada, it contains a most useful section "Eat Well, Live Well," developed for 1998 Nutrition Month. This section contains interactive components on meal planning, nutrition profile, healthy body quiz, and a virtual kitchen which contains lots of basic nutrition information and recipes. Other useful sections for educators are nutrition news and views and career information. Other sections are nutrition resources, find a professional, corporate opportunities, ICBA, Dietitians of Canada, and nutrition research.


  • www.eating.disorders.com


  • www.eatright.org
    The web site of the American Dietetic Association, it contains useful, current sections for such as the daily tips, features, in the news, andnutrition resources. Other sections include members services, marketplace, pressroom, classifieds, government affairs, related sites, careers, and find a dietitian.


  • www.eNASCO.com
    NASCO - a source of nutrition teaching aids.


  • www.enc-online.org
    This is the site of the Egg Nutrition Center (Washington, DC), containing sections on "hot news," issues of cholesterol and health, newsletters and publications, and links to other sites. Useful in the study of eggs and issues of eggs and cholesterol in the diet.


  • www.ellynsatter.com
    This is the website of entrepreneur nutritionist and psychotherapist Ellyn Satter. She blends eating, child development, and family relationships in books and teaching materials on food and eating.


  • www.foodchannel.com/
    General information on all aspects of food.


  • www.hc-sc.gc.ca
    This is the web site for Health Canada which is HUGE and one could explore for days through sections on research, policy, news, etc.

    • www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb will take you to the Health Protection Branch section where you can explore wired health, what's new, in the news, 10 hottest resources, and access topics from a lengthy alphabetical table of contents. Click on Comprehensive School Health in the table of contents which will lead you to lesson plan ideas focusing on food and nutrition and written for various levels of children.


    • www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/nutrition takes you directly to a section on BMI, the food guide for healthy eating, and new publications which contains many short articles written for young people on living with vitality.


    • www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/nutrition/pube/vitality/index.html
      Health Canada Guide to Healthy Eating The VITALITY Approach - A Guide for Leaders. The VITALITY program guide includes background information as well as tips and tools on the VITALITY approach to healthy living, and on achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.  It is designed to be used by Leaders working in the health promotion field - especially in the areas of healthy eating, active living and fitness, and healthy weights.


  • http://www.healthyweight.net
    This site is by Frances Berg, nutritionist and author. It contains information on identifying weight loss frauds, re-discovering healthy eating, viewpoints on dieting and segments of Healthy Weight Journal and sections of recent books. Useful in teaching about eating disorders and normal eating.


  • http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
    This is the site of eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Inc., in Seattle Washington. Site contains information on awareness, prevention, helping a friend, things parents can do, media watchdog, resources for teaching, and related sites.


  • www.navigator.tufts.edu
    Nutrition Navigator by Tufts University has special sections of information, and reviews and rates websites containing nutrition information. Direct links to other useful sites. Excellent page for educators.


  • www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/lactose/lactose.htm
    Lactose intolerant dietary information


  • www.nin.ca
    This site is provided by the National Institute of Nutrition and contains useful sections on food and nutrition labelling, and what's new. It's likely to be of limited usefulness because it is very basic and dull inappearance.


  • http://nutrition.org
    American Society for Nutritional Sciences. Publishing organization for Journal of Nutrition.


  • www.nutritionexplorations.org
    Sponsored by National Dairy Council this highly rated site contains lots of information for education in the elementary grades.


  • www.olen.com/food
    Dietary information for fast food, searchable.


  • www.oxfam.ca
    Oxfam Canada


  • www.sne.org
    Society for Nutrition Education allows you to check the table of contents of recent issues of the Journal of Nutrition Education.


  • www.sfu.ca/~jfremont/
    This site by Jean Fremont through Simon Fraser University is full of information and ideas on: nutrition and food on the web, art and science of food, exercise and education, health and special diets, nutrition software and web tools, news and courses.


  • www.slowfood.com
    This is a website dedicated to the defense of and right to pleasure in relation to eating and food. It is part of an international movement. The page contains principles, activities, food, drink, and connections to local chapters.


  • www.something-fishy.org/
    Eating disorders.


  • www.teachnutrition.org
    This site is by a team of six Registered Dietitians who specialize in nutrition education from the Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO). The page promotes their resources which have to be ordered but the site has potential for asking questions, discussions among educators, and facts/information on nutrition.


  • www.vegsoc.org
    This is a large website by the Vegetarian Society of the UK. Contains sections on: health and nutrition, youth pages (with recipes), information, books, food and drink, animals and the environment. Useful in investigating what constitutes a vegetarian diet, why people choose one, getting started, sources of information, and viewpoints on genetically modified food.


  • www.vegweb.com
    A large website by Veggies Unite, Fort Wayne, Indiana containing vegetarian poetry (you can contribute yours!), a huge resource of recipes integrated with a grocery list, weekly meal planner, and nutrition analysis tool; nutrition information and many connections to related web sites.


  • www.veg.org/veg/
    Vegetarian pages.


  • www.vrg.org
    Vegetarian Resource Group: Lots of information on nutrition, recipes, menus.


  • www.wheatfoods.org
    This site by the Wheat Foods Council (USA), has sections on nutrition, news, grain food trends, health, fiber, and fad diets. Click on the section announcing a coalition and you will find a comparison of fad diets -- useful in having students establish criteria and judge diet advice for themselves.


  • www.who.int/hpr/gshi
    This is the site for the Global School Health Initiative of the World Health Organization. Launched in 1995, it seeks to mobilize and strengthen health promotion and education activities at the local, national, regional, and global levels. The initiative is designed to improve the health of students, school personnel, families and other members of the community through schools. Full text of Healthy nutrition: An Essential Element of a Health-Promoting School is available on the site in the documents section. This site of the U.S. Environmental protection Agency, Office of Water contains information on what contaminates water, water treatment, health affects, living organisms and lesson plans for teaching about water and the water supply.




Recipes

  • www.cooking.com
    All kinds of recipes and seasonal ideas for foods on this site.


  • http://allrecipes.com
    Contains recipes and links to various specialty recipe sites.


  • www.geocities.com/Wellesley/5800/Recipes/index.html
    Multicultural foods website "Recipes From Around the World"


  • www.joyofbaking.com/
    Go to this ad-free site for tested recipes - breakfast, cookies, cakes, tarts and entertaining. It even has an online video on how to make chocolate chip cookies (requires a RealPlayer video card).


  • www2.mealsforyou.com/
    Described by some as the best recipe site on the Web! Helps with selecting recipes according to criteria, meal planning, nutritnt analysis, and planning shopping lists.




The following sites offer informationon specific foods:


Herbs and spices
Home Canning Sweets Dairy Beverages Fruit and vegetables Starches

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