Nutrition Exploration Project

Health Assistants

The Interactive Healthy Eating Index (IHEI)
http://147.208.9.133/
The Interactive Healthy Eating Index is a great site where students enter the foods they have for an entire day, and the site will give a readout. This readout tells how well they have incorporated the food groups, how much nutrition they have received, and what is lacking. It goes from percentages of each nutrient, to smiley and sad faces for each food group, so may be helpful with a variety of age groups. It does take time to enter foods and amounts, but is worth it!

American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
http://www.nutrition.org/
The American Society For Nutritional Sciences is a site where you can read their latest magazine or research from old issues. I have my students research individual nutrients on this site, but be warned the wording may be better suited to college students - be prepared to interpret.

Ohioline - Food
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/food.html
Ohioline is from Ohio State University. It has brief articles on a variety of food related topics that I could use for my students to gather info on nutrients, food safety, alcohol & pregnancy, lead poisoning, etc.

Food Nutrients
http://www.daawat.com/resources/feature/nutrition/foodnutrients.htm

Nutrition Analysis Tool v1.1
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/mainnat.html

All About What Vitamins and Minerals Do
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html

The Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm
Dietary Guidelines For Americans This site is about the food guide pyramid. It shows the pyramid, explains the categories, gives activities, you can figure out your ideal weight, etc. A good overview, perhaps best used for middle school.

Chef's Palate - Nutrients
http://chefpalate.com/NutritionGuide/FoodNutrients.html

Nutrient Data Laboratory
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/

Using the Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/960201.pdf
A Resource For Nutrition Educators This is a government site that gives the handbook for using the food pyramid. It is on Adobe Acrobat, and prints easily. (131 pages)

Fight Bac
http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm
Fight Bac is a Canadian site about food safety. It has alot of material for all age groups about food safety, including coloring pages and games. Has a print out version of a game for high schoolers.