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Catalogue of Surveillance
Systems—The National Collaborative on Childhood
Obesity Research (NCCOR) has launched a new, free online
resource to help researchers and practitioners more easily
investigate childhood obesity in America. The Catalogue
of Surveillance Systems describes in detail more than
75 surveillance systems that collect data related to childhood
obesity so that researchers can identify surveillance
systems to meet their research and program needs; compare
attributes across systems; find information about the
systems; and link directly to the systems to download
data or other information.
The
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005—These
guidelines summarize the most current scientific evidence
on diet and health into recommendations for healthy Americans
age 2 and older and serve as the basis for Federal nutrition
and education programs.
MyPyramid—The original Food Guide Pyramid has been replaced by MyPyramid. Since its release, MyPyramid has been widely used by nutrition and health professionals as well as educators and the media and has helped disseminate the Dietary Guidelines' recommendations.
HealthierUS.gov—A website that provides easy access to all online Federal Government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety.
Nutrition.gov—A website that provides easy access to all online Federal Government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety.
The USDA Healthy Eating Index—A summary measure of overall diet quality. It measures the degree to which diets comply with specific recommendations in the The Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid.
National Poverty Center—Agenda and papers for the January 2009 conference Understanding the Economic Concepts and Characteristics of Food Access.
Institute of Medicine—Summary report of the January 2009 workshop sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts.
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