USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Contains tools to calculate levels of required vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients based on age and gender, in accordance with current nutritional science.
Dietary Guidelines and Human Health
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and Food and Nutrition Service.
Offers a suite of resources on dietary guidance that link scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers. Includes materials on MyPlate, the USDA visual nutrition tool.
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Identifies nutritious food choices, healthy physical activities, and ways to reach and maintain a healthy weight through personalized goal setting, virtual coaching, and journaling.
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Gives nutritional guidance organized by age (infants, children, adults, seniors) and gender.
DHHS. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and Office of the Secretary.
Describes the most current recommendations designed to encourage Americans to eat foods and beverages that help achieve and maintain a healthy weight, promote health, and prevent disease.
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Supplies tools to assess whether or not your current weight is healthy, how to lose weight effectively, and how to prevent weight gain. Contains a Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator.
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Provides a variety of nutrition and fitness information, including the most current nutritional research. Includes materials on these major topics: healthy weight, nutrition, physical weight, and overweight and obesity.
DHHS. Food and Drug Administration.
Lists the requirements for food labels mandated by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
DHHS. NIH. National Library of Medicine.
Offers an overview of the role of vitamins in human nutrition and health, along with a list of resources.