LibGuides: Food and Nutrition: Internet Sites

NutritionEvidenceLibrary.gov

USDA's Nutrition Evidence Library conducts systematic reviews to assist in the formulation of federal policy. Among the areas in which reviews were conducted are:

The relationship between dietary patterns and health outcomes
Childhood obesity
The effects of nutrition education on children's and adolescents' dietary intake

This website also provides a detailed evidence portfolio for each of the 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's systematic evidence reviews. The reviews are grouped by:

Dietary Patterns, Foods and Nutrients
Individual Diet and Physical Activity Behavior Change
Food and Physical Activity Environments
Cross-Cutting Topics of Public Health Importance

Evaluating Internet Sites

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
A 16 minute tutorial about how to evaluate Internet health information sites.
Find Good Health Information
This Medical Library Association guide explains how to evaluate Internet sites that provide health information.
Health Information on the Web: Finding Reliable Information
A guide from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Questions to ask about Web Sites with information about health and medicine. From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
MedlinePlus: Evaluating Health Information
Links to a variety of Internet sites about how to evaluate consumer health information. From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.