Public Health Nutrition: Publications and Websites

This Report helps to inform the federal government of the body of scientific evidence on topics related to diet, nutrition, and health.

Includes dietary guidelines, Nutrition Evidence Library, healthy recipes, and more.

Search here for legislation and regulations by state regarding nutrition, obesity, and physical activity. You may limit your search to a particular topic such as bicycling, farm direct foods, school nutrition, and many others.

Information on organic food, GMO labeling, regulation, contamination, and more.

Provides weekly and monthly charts with the average costs of food at home by four levels: thrifty, low-cost, moderate, and liberal, with further break-downs by age and gender. Alaska and Hawaii have separate bi-annual charts.

This list is compiled from FDA's Compliance Policy Guides on established "current levels for natural or unavoidable defects in food for human use that present no health hazards."

Includes information on Cosmetics, Labeling and Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements.

Look up a food to get quick access to nutrition info for over 8,000 foods. Choose and compare 2 foods.

The food safety Research Projects Database provides users with information on research projects from both U.S. and international government and non-government organizations.

The aim is to assist professionals involved with the many aspects of risk analysis as it pertains to the safety of our food. Contains unique datasets, tutorials, tools, and links to numerous sources of information.

Information on food safety, food recalls, food poisoning, inspections and compliance, and educational materials including podcasts and videos.

This collection allows users to browse and search the full text of over 900 historical and contemporary federal dietary guidance publications.

Nutritional database of thousands of foods served by the nation’s largest chain restaurants. It aggregates nutrition information posted on restaurant websites since 2012.

Learn the pesticide residue limit set by EPA on your favorite foods. Search by crop or chemical.

From The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. AND develops position and practice papers to assist in promoting the public's optimal nutrition, health and well-being.

From the Environmental Working Group. Allows you to see which produce items have the most and least pesticide residues.

This resource center includes best practices in nutrition education, intervention toolkits, training tools, and nutrition apps & games.

This site shows obesity rates by state for adults and children in the U.S. and contains other state-specific obesity-related information. The report itself ranks state obesity rates and lists government policies that attempt to curb obesity. The report also lists key recommendations for policy reforms aimed at reducing obesity rates.

A non-profit research and public policy organization devoted to improving the world’s diet, preventing obesity, and reducing weight stigma. Site includes Policy briefs, reports, podcasts, legislation database, and more.

Provides, overviews, data, publications, and interactive maps on food security, aquaculture, farm economy, agriculture, food safety, and more.

This database is provided by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), which provides information on the nutrient content of foods consumed in the United States. The database of over 7,500 food products can be searched and/or downloaded.

Research and publications that used the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey data to examine food demand relationships.

A statewide movement of local, state and national partners collectively working toward improving the health status of low-income Californians through increased fruit and vegetable consumption and daily physical activity.

A nutrition and food safety resource for consumers, health professionals, journalists, educators, government officials, and students. Provides timely resources on a variety of topics such as weight management, diet and health, food safety, food production, international food issues, and communications.

The FSP's main activities include capacity building in food safety system, chemical hazards in food supply, food derived from biotechnology, surveillance of foodborne disease. Reports, brochures, and fact sheets are available.

Site contains many documents on nutrition topics, such as micronutrient deficiencies, nutritional assessment monitoring, nutrition education, and more.

Inlcludes books, working papers, articles.