External Resources
Below is a list of some of the most helpful external resources around eating well. For a list of GW nutrition/eating well resources click here.
General Resources:
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 are science-based advice on how to eat for health. The guidelines encourage all Americans to eat a healthy diet and be physically active. Click the link above to see all of the guidelines recommended by the USDA.
Based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans MyPlate is designed to help you understand and incorporate the Guidelines into your life. MyPlate illustrates the five food groups using a familiar mealtime visual, a place setting. The MyPlate website includes interactive activities, a daily food planner, and helpful easy to follow tips.
Nutrition.gov provides easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
WholeFoods Market- Health Starts Here
Whole Foods Market’s Health Starts Here website provides nutrition recommendations based on four pillars of healthy eating and provides a different perspective on healthy eating. Their website not only provides healthy eating recommendations but also a grocery shopping and menu planner.
American Heart Association Start!
The American Heart Association encourages you in a healthy lifestyle through their Start! Resources such as their nutrition tracker and healthy eating tips.
We all know that fruits and vegetables add important nutrition to our diets. But how much should we eat? And how can we make this nutrition stuff easier, tastier and more enjoyable? To answer these and other questions, Produce for Better Health Foundation offers the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters health initiative. In simple, user-friendly ways, the website offers expert cooking advice, nutrition information and shopping tips.
The Nutrition Source is a web site maintained by the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and aims to provide timely, evidence-based information on diet and nutrition for the public.
National Eating Disorders Association
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. Their website provides information about eating disorders, and recommendations for receiving treatment for an eating disorder.
Mayo Clinic “Nutrition and Healthy Eating”
Includes multiple types of nutrition and health information: interactive graphics and videos, expert answers to food and nutrition questions, an expert blog written by Registered Dietitians, and other resources.
Collection of resources for a vegetarian diet to include meal ideas, recipes, children and teen nutrition, and meat substitutions items. Some materials are available in Spanish. Offers a free e-mail newsletter.
Resources for children:
Let’s Move is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. The Let’s Move website provides parents and educators with helpful tools and resources to help children eat well and move more.
It’s hard to get kids to eat fruits and vegetables when they have so many other choices, but Fruit & Veggies Champs helps you by offering a fun way for kids to learn how to make mealtime fun and healthy. This website contains some great games and activities to help you get your kids excited about fruits and vegetables.
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices.
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