Preventive Health Today Sources

Links to additional information

HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCIES:

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
Agricultural Research Services (ARS)
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Food & Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Over-the-Counter Drug Information
Prescription Drug Information
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Dietary Supplements
Food Labeling and Nutrition
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

National Academies
Institute of Medicine: Food and Nutrition Board
National Academies Press
Publications on Food & Nutrition
National Archives and Records Administration
Code of Federal Regulations
Title 21 - Food and Drugs: Part 101 - Food Labeling

Obesity:
Ephedra Education Council
International Association for the Study of Obesity
North American Association for the Study of Obesity
Weight Control Information Network

Journals and other publications:
Discover
FDA Consumer
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Nutrition
The Lancet
New England Journal of Medicine
Science News Online

Other Resources:
Health on the Net Foundation
National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE)

References for further reading

Miscellaneous:
Fugh-Berman, Adriane. Herb-Drug Interactions. The Lancet, 8 Jan 2000; 355: 134-138.
McBride, Judy. Vitamin K: Another Reason to Eat Your greens. Agricultural Research, Jan 2000.

Nutrition:
Bernstein, Leslie. Dementia Without a Cause. Discover, Feb 2000; 21: 31-32.
Focus on Food Labeling. FDA Consumer (Special Issue), May 1993.
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board.
Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, 432pp.
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Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000, 567pp.
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Dietary Reference Intakes: A Risk Assessment Model for Establishing Upper Intake Levels for Nutrients. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, 71pp.
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Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998, 13pp.
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Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Beta-Carotene, and other Carotenoids. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000, 486pp.
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets.
Pennington, Jean A. Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used. New York: Harper & Row, 1989, 328pp.
Pennington, J.A. etal. Mineral content of foods and total diets: The Selected Minerals in Foods Survey, 1982-1984. J Am Diet Assoc 1986; 86: 876-91.
Russell, F.E. Vitamin content of polar bear liver. Toxicon 1967; 5: 61-62.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 12, 1998.
Zhang Shumin, et.al. Dietary carotenoids and vitamins A, C, and E and risk of breast cancer. Jour Natl Cancer Institute 17 Mar 1999; 91(6):547-56.

Obesity:
Farooqi, I.S., etal. Brief report: Effects of recombinant leptin therapy in a child with congenital leptin deficiency. The New England Journal of Medicine, 16 Sep 1999; 341:12 879.
Ruppel Shell, Ellen. Don't tell Stephen O'Rahilly that losing weight is just a matter of will power. Discover, May 2000; 21: 67-70.
Vogel, Shawna. Why We Get Fat. Discover, Apr 1999; 20: 94-99.