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17/25
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Children's Nutrition Resource Center
The Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is dedicated to defining the nutrient needs of children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. Includes an A-Z index of nutrition information as well as FAQ's, research information and more.
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc/consumer/archives/factsanswers.html
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23/25
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Commodity Supplemental Food Program
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. This website provides fact sheets and recipes in pdf form for 29 different commodity foods.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/csfp/default.htm
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21/25
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Food and Drug Administration
Information on breast feeding, infant formulas, and the importance of a healthy pregnancy is provided under the topic heading "Pregnancy and Motherhood."
http://www.fda.gov/womens/informat.html
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23/25
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Food and Nutrition Information Center--Pregnancy
This site provides information on nutritional needs of pregnancy and multiple educational materials on folic acid. In addition, a link to information on breastfeeding is provided.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000083.html
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18/25
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La Leche League
This site is filled with information about breastfeeding. There is a thorough FAQ section, which covers topics ranging from newborn needs to breastfeeding in public. There are also links to other sites, on-line brochures, and information about specific products.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/bfinfo.html
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19/25
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March of Dimes
This site provides information on nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/pnhec.asp
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23/25
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Chronic Disease Prevention
This site, maintained by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), provides information on maternal health, pregnancy, folic acid, and breastfeeding.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm
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18/25
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The NICHD conducts and supports research geared towards maintaining the health of children, adults, families and populations. This website includes a number of publications on health topics.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubskey.cfm
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17/25
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National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse
This site provides the NMCHC publications catalog, full-text Clearinghouse publications, as well as links to publications from other sources, SIDS Resource Center materials, and open forums.
http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/MCH.cfm
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18/25
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National Network for Child Care
Publications and resources on several nutrition-related topics such as meals and snacks, food safety, breastfeeding, and food-related activities are available.
http://www.nncc.org/
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22/25
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Nutrition Education for New Americans Project
This website offers downloadable nutrition education materials in 37 different languages. Each language set contains the Food Guide Pyramid in addition to handouts for healthy adults, pregnant women and their babies, and children. Can also be purchased for $2 per language set.
http://multiculturalhealth.org/
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16/25
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Pro-Mom
Pro-Mom (Promotion for Mothers) is a nonprofit organization focused on increasing public awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding. Includes breastfeeding information, art gallery, and discussion forums.
http://www.promom.org/
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25/25
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Resource List of Current Food and Nutrition Audiovisuals
Provided are nutrition related audiovisuals, available in the National Agricultural Library (NAL) collection on an inter-library loan basis or for qualified persons (http://www.nal.usda.gov/ddsb/expand.htm) as a direct loan from NAL. Topics include General Nutrition, Nutrition through the Lifecycle (infants & children, adolescents, & seniors),
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding, Nutrition for Medical Conditions, Hispanic & Spanish Language Resources, & Resources for Childcare Providers.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/video01.html
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15/25
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Sources of Free or Low-Cost Food and Nutrition Materials
Developed by the FNIC, this website alphabetically lists sources for obtaining materials in the following sections: (1) Nutrition, medical and health organizations; (2) Food-related associations; (3) Food companies; and (4) Food service-related organizations.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/freelow.html
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22/25
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WIC Works Resource System
This web site provides nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals. The topics include WIC-Talk (an online discussion group), WIC Sharing Center (Share your State-developed materials and search the WIC works database for resources and handouts), WIC Learning Center, WIC Reports & Studies, and WIC Topics A-Z (Conferences and events, food safety info, maternal and child health organizations, and other health-related sites).
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/
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22/25
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Zero to Three
A site dedicated to the healthy development of infants and toddlers.
http://www.zerotothree.org/
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