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Health and Nutrition Helpful Links

  • 3-Every-Day of Dairy

    3-Every-Day of Dairy encourages families to consume the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended 3 daily servings of low fat milk, cheese or yogurt for strong bones and healthy bodies. Get recipes and helpful tips.

  • Action for Healthy Kids

    AFHK addresses the epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.

  • American Academy of Family Physicians

    An excellent resource for clinical care and research, practice management, CME, and current health news topics.

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

    AAP is an organization of 60,000 pediatricians dedicated to the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Check this website for general information on child health as well as programs, polices and guidelines.

  • American Dietetic Association

    ADA's website provides science-based food and nutrition information for consumers and health professionals, including health tips, fact sheets, campaigns, research studies, and policy initiatives.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    The CDC's website provides users with credible, reliable health information on a variety of topics including healthy living, diseases and conditions, workplace safety and health; and data and statistics. Current statistics on the “Obesity Epidemic" (link to www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/) are available on this site to download.

  • FoodSafety.gov

    Provides federal food safety information with an alert system that allows consumers to receive food and safety information.

  • MyPyramid

    Obtain USDA’s MyPyramid and supporting educational resources. This website offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you make smart choices from every food group and assess and track your food intake and physical activity level.

  • Milk Matters

    From the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, this website is a public help education campaign to promote calcium consumption among tweens and teens, which is a critical time for bone growth in order to prevent the occurrence of osteoporosis later in life. Resources are available for middle and high school teachers to help students understand the importance of calcium for bone health through lessons, fact sheets, take-home assignments, and classroom discussion and are consistent with National Health Education Standards.

  • National Dairy Council

    National Dairy Council® (NDC) is the nutrition research, education and communications arm of Dairy Management Inc™. On behalf of U.S. dairy farmers, NDC provides science-based nutrition information to, and in collaboration with, a variety of stakeholders committed to fostering a healthier society, including health professionals, educators, school nutrition directors, academia, industry, consumers and media. Find the latest nutrition information about dairy, access Dairy Council Digest, download free patient education materials and sign up for the e-newsletter NDC Update which includes nutrition news, fast facts, expert nutrition advice and information on updated dairy nutrition resources.

  • National Institutes of Health

    Bringing health and science to the public, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

  • National Medical Association

    The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African-American physicians and a leading force for the elimination of disparities in health.

  • National Osteoporosis Foundation

    The NOF's mission is to prevent osteoporosis and to promote lifelong bone health through awareness, advocacy, education and research. This website offers news, and resources for patients and professionals.

  • Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition

    The Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition Web site offers easily accessible and reliable information to help people eat the nutrient-rich way — that means choosing nutrient-rich foods first within each of the five basic foods groups and selecting less nutrient-rich options as calories allow. It is a total diet approach based on the five food groups and nutrient density concepts highlighted in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid. The website offers resources and downloadable tools to help consumers and patients make healthy changes to their diets.

  • Nutrition Explorations

    Includes a variety of classroom nutrition information, games, book recommendations and recipes, with sections for parents, teachers and school nutrition personnel.

  • The Dairy Report

    The Dairy Report is a blog written by health professionals – registered dietitians, PhD nutritionists and communication experts at the National Dairy Council® (NDC). The authors seek to provide the latest news, analysis and opinion on nutrition and health research and events.