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Background information for nutrition in health and disease

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Books & Clinical Information

AccessMedicine
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A clinical point-of-care reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals to assist with evidence-based bedside diagnosis and treatment.

Encyclopedias

Handbook of Molecular Gastronomy Scientific Foundations, Educational Practices, and Culinary Applications

Handbook of Food Fortification and Health From Concepts to Public Health Applications Volume 1: Includes sections on definitions of fortifications, fortified foods, beverages and nutrients, fortifications with micronutrients, biofortification, impact on individuals, public health concepts and issues, and selective methods and food chemistry.

Codex Alimentarius: International Food Standards developed by FAO and the World Health Organization in 1963 to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade

Encyclopedia of Food & Culture: 2003 survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Culture in America: 2005 700 original essays covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink.

Government Agencies

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Knowledge Repository

World Health Organization e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Consumer information on food, health and fitness

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics : Evidence Analysis Library

Nutrition.gov: USDA

Food Access Research Atlas: USDA

Food Data Central: USDA-nutrient content of the foods by searching on product description/name, brand, or manufacturer.

E-Books

Lutz's Nutrition and DietTtherapy 2023 AJN Book of the Year
Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians 2022 nutrient needs of each age group from infancy to adolescence
Nutriomics: Well-being through Nutrition 2022 covers nutrients and genotype effects on disease and health status
Public health nutrition: rural, urban, and global community-based practice 2020 covers how to plan health promotion programs and interventions in diverse communities, how to analyze and influence food policy, sustainability, and security initiatives, and how to address cultural competency, nutritional monitoring, professional development, and many other practice-based skills out in the field
The Myths about Nutrition Science 2019 author addresses misconceptions that dominate the health and fitness field
Statistics in Nutrition and Dietetics 2020 Focusing on quantitative analysis and drawing on short, practical exercises and real-world examples, this reader-friendly textbook helps students understand samples, principles of measurement, confidence intervals, the theoretical basis and practical application of statistical tests
Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease 2020 Discusses nutritional therapies for various diseases, including lifestyle-related diseases, addiction-related health problems, mental illness, and food-borne and water-borne diseases

Trade Publications

Sugar & Sweetners

USDA Economic Research Service Sugar and Sweetners. This page provides information on Periodic and scheduled ERS publications and data on Sugar and Sweetners and selected ERS publications related to Sugar and Sweetners

International Sugar Organization Sugar Yearbook 2024: Comprehensive coverage of world production, consumption, trade and stocks for the past seven years (2016-2023).

Sugar Markets and Trade: The FAO Markets and Trade Division collects, analyses and disseminates information on the sugar market

The Sugar Market: Wilmar International

Sugar Markets and Trade: USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System

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