Issues

Food Safety (Food and Drug Administration)

Food Labeling (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)

Physical Activity (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

Alcohol (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)


Tools

MyPyramid (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Adult Energy Needs and BMI Calculator (Agricultural Research Service, USDA)

DASH Eating Plan (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, HHS)

Measuring Physical Activity Intensity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)


Campaigns

Healthy Lifestyles (Department of Health and Human Services)

Eat 5 to 9 A Day for Better Health (National Cancer Institute, HHS)

Healthy People 2010 (Department of Health and Human Services)


General Health and Nutrition Information

HealthFinder.gov (Department of Health and Human Services)

Nutrition.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

FirstGov.Gov Health and Nutrition (Office of Citizen Services and Communications Overview, GSA)


More Information on the Dietary Guidelines

www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines
 

Last Modified: 10/15/2008