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Evaluating Information Online

Content on the Internet is unregulated; anyone can publish anything on the Internet. There is sound medical information on the Internet along with dangerous information. You need to be able to tell the difference.

Ask yourself the following:

Why did the person create the page?
What's in it for them?
Are they trying to sell me something?

General Nutrition Sites

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic
Food and nutrition information and news.
Centers for Disease Control -- Nutrition
Information related to a wide range of nutrition, health, and food safety topics.
Food & Nutrition Information Center
Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Medline Plus -- Nutrition
Consumer health information provided by the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
Nutrition.gov
Government information on food and human nutrition for consumers. A service of the National Agricultural Library, USDA.
Nutrition and Health Eating
Nutrition and health information provided the Mayo Clinic.
UNICEF Nutrition Statistics
Economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children's well-being.
World Health Organization -- Nutrition
International guidelines and issues relating to human nutrition around the globe.

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Evaluating Information Online

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