General | Calories & Nutrition | Recipes & Cooking | Losing Weight

• Diet Center (e-Health Library)

In addition to information about a healthy diet, e-Health Library's diet center also includes specific information on therapeutic diets for weight reduction, for diabetes, for lowering cardiac risk factors, etc. The Recipe Center is an archive of hundreds of healthy recipes, which can be browsed by course, by ingredient, or by food group.

• Breakfast is good for your heart (e-Health Library)

Describes research that suggests that people who eat breakfast regularly are significantly less likely to be obese and are less likely to become diabetic. Also provides suggestions for healthy breakfast options.

• Fruit & Veggies Matter (Centers for Disease Control)

Promotes eating fruits and vegetables as a path to better health.

• Food & Nutrition (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Provides information on general nutrition, weight loss, and nutritional needs of children.

• Food & Nutrition (Mayo Clinic)

This site explains basic issues for a healthy diet – including the food pyramid, fiber, fat and cholesterol, calories, and the elements of a healthy diet – and shopping for and cooking healthy meals.

• Nutrition.gov (National Agricultural Library, US Department of Agriculture)

Combining much of the best nutritional information available from the U.S. government, this site offers current news articles, information on government programs, dietary guidelines, food shopping suggestions, and a wide range of in-depth articles.

• Nutritive Value of Foods (National Agricultural Library, US Department of Agriculture)

This document, compiled using data from the USDA National Nutrient Database, provides nutritional data on more than 1,274 foods in terms of common household units.

• Fast Food Calorie & Nutrition Information

Fast food is convenient, but can be hard to fit into a healthy diet. This page provides links to nutritional information such as calories, fat grams, and salt content of the items on the menus of many fast food chains.

• Menu Planner (National Heart Lung & Blood Institute)

An online calculator which allows you to select items from a menu, and calculates total calories.

• Healthier Cajun Cooking (Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals,
Office of Public Health, Center for Preventive Health, Nutrition)

Provides background information on Cajun cooking, an overview of basic nutrition issues, and traditional Cajun recipes adjusted to promote better health and analyzed for nutritional content.

• Recipe Center (e-Health Library)

An archive of hundreds of healthy recipes, browseable by course, ingredient, or food group.

• Healthy Recipes (Mayo Clinic)

This site presents hundreds of healthy recipes, including ones specifically low in fat, low in sodium, and healthful for one's heart. Also organized by meal, preparation method and number of servings.

• Healthy Cooking Techniques (Mayo Clinic)

Includes articles on ingredient substitutions, recipe makovers, and a list of healthier ways to cook with example recipes.

• Food and Nutrition Information (American Dietetic Association)

The consumer resources section includes a good nutrition leading list, the new food pyramid, factsheets, and nutrition guidelines for infants, toddlers and kids.

• Weight Control (MedlinePlus)

A collection of helpful links to sites with authoritative information on healthy weight loss.

• Aim for a Healthy Weight: Information for Patients and the Public (National Heart
Lung and Blood Institute)

Supplies a Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator, a menu planner, a graphic demonstration of the growth of serving portions at restaurant, and a set of steps for regaining a healthy weight.

• What to eat when you want to lose weight

This video presentation focuses on how to choose healthier types of foods as part of a weight loss program. The spoken part of the presentation is also available on the site in written form.