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20/25
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American Cancer Society
A wide range of cancer resources.
http://www.cancer.org/
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18/25
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America's Children 2000
This report presents 23 key indicators of children's well-being, monitored through children's economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
http://www.childstats.gov/ac2000/highlight.asp
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24/25
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health news, information, statistics, publications, software, current topics, and links to other sites.
http://www.cdc.gov/
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22/25
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Child and Adult Care Food Program
This USDA website provides detailed information about the child (including infants)nutrition programs, including CACFP. It includes a listing of state contacts.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care/cacfp/aboutcacfp.htm
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16/25
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Cultural and Ethnic Food and Nutrition Education Materials: A Resource List for Educators
A compilation of educational and background resources for those working with various ethnic/cultural groups. Background materials provide information about customs and cultural influences of groups and information on developing multicultural skills. Some background materials cover the health and nutritional status of groups.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/ethnic.html
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16/25
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in Maryland
This website discusses the role of EFNEP in the state of Maryland. It includes information on their adult and youth programs, results and impacts of programs and new initiatives. Also provides individual success stories.
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/fcs/efnep/efnep.html
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20/25
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Federal Citizen Information Center
Provides hundreds of consumer publications that you can read or order on-line. Topics include cars, food, health, money, and others. Includes FAQ's, the Press Room, and Fun Stuff including puzzles and word searches.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
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23/25
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Food and Nutrition Information Center
An USDA information center that covers a wide range of topics including child nutrition, food safety, the WIC program, dietary supplements, food composition, dietary guidelines, the food guide pyramid, and more.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
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19/25
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Garden Guides
Information for gardeners such as discussion boards, product reviews, a flower guide, a vegetable guide, a herb guide, and more.
http://www.gardenguides.com/Vegetables/vegetabl.htm
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20/25
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Grains Nutrition Information Center
The Wheat Foods Council provides basic nutrition information on grains and displays articles covering the latest nutrition topics. Nutrition educators can order teaching material from this web site and find easy recipe ideas.
http://www.wheatfoods.org
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17/25
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KIDS Can Make a Difference
Geared to help kids become aware of hunger and poverty and how they can help. Includes hunger quiz, hunger facts, teacher's guide, and kids newsletters.
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/
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16/25
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Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health
Founded by Gisela Konopka, this institute provides information, programs, and policy support to the youth-serving community.
http://www.allaboutkids.umn.edu/konopka/
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17/25
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National Agricultural Library
This website provides information about the NAL. This includes information on their services and programs, publications and databases, and an events calendar.
http://www.nalusda.gov/
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21/25
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National Centers for Health Statistics (NCHS)
This is the Health, United States homepage, developed by NCHS. It provides editions of Health, United States from 2000 back to 1993. You can also easily access the NCHS or CDC (Centers for Disease Control) websites from here.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/hus.htm
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18/25
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Nutrition Navigator
A rating guide for nutrition websites.
http://navigator.tufts.edu/
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21/25
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Oregon State University, Extension Family & Community Development
This purpose of this site is to help nutrition educators work more effectively with low-income, culturally diverse populations.
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ehe/nutrition.htm
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22/25
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PDA Online
What's new at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, regional offices, market reports, bureau listings, licenses, press releases, publications, department listings, and other links.
http://www.pda.state.pa.us/
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23/25
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Penn State College of Agricultural Science Publications
Information on a variety of agricultural and health related subjects from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/uk058.html
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23/25
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Penn State Cooperative Extension and Outreach
Penn State Cooperative Extension and Outreach information, including goals, staff, calendars, program areas, current issues, publication, and news.
http://www.extension.psu.edu/
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25/25
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Penn State Cooperative Extension Nutrition Education for Limited Resource Audiences
This web site provides information about Penn State University Cooperative Extension nutrition education programs for limited resource audiences. EFNEP and FSNEP are featured.
http://nutred.cas.psu.edu/
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21/25
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Penn State University - Department of Food Science
Information for students, teachers, food science professionals on the Department of Food Science at Penn State, graduate programs, undergraduate programs, research, outreach, news, and links.
http://www.foodscience.psu.edu/
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24/25
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Quackwatch
A nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.
http://www.quackwatch.com/
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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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17/25
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Spanish Speaking Populations
On this web page are presentations and handouts from the December 2001 conference, an inventory of Extension programming efforts with Spanish Speaking populations in the North Central region, and resources available to support such programming efforts. Also included is a list of state contacts for more specific information.
http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/spanishconf/index.htm
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22/25
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The Child Care Nutrition Resource System
The Child Care Nutrition Resource System provides recipes, resources and information on preparing nutritious meals and food safety.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/
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24/25
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The National Women's Health Information Center
A gateway to the vast array of federal and other women's health information resources, including press releases, a news archive, and congressional topics.
http://www.4woman.gov/
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22/25
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Topics A-Z
This web site provides links about all kinds of Food and Nutrition Topics, such as Adolescence, Aging - including Older Americans, Allergies and Food Sensitivities, AIDS/HIV, Anorexia and Bulimia, Art and Images, Associations/Foundations, Breastfeeding, Cancer, Child Nutrition and Health, Community Food Systems, Diabetes, Eating Disorders, etc.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/fnic.html
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20/25
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UNICEF
This site offers several statistics, facts, and features about people from all around the world. It also includes videos, highlights, information resources, and a press center.
http://www.unicef.org/
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18/25
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Virginia Extension Service
This website gives information pertaining to the VA Extension Service. Includes information about local Extension offices, educational programs and resources (including foods and nutrition), and current news.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/
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21/25
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WebMD
Provides information for the healthcare professional, company, the public on news, events, diseases and conditions, pregnancy and parenting, family genetics, self care, drugs and herbs, healthy lifestyle and nutrition, medical library and drug therapies.
http://www.webmd.com/
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