Essential Health Links: Nutrition/General Nutrition

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AED's Center for Nutrition
Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates
British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN)
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Nutrition and Consumer Health Protection
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA)
Internatonal Union of Nutritional Scientists (IUNS)
Nutrition Information Centre, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital (NICUS)
Nutrition Society
ProNUTRITION
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Nutrition
UN: Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
WHO: Nutrition

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AED Center for Nutrition   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)  (French, Portuguese, Spanish)
This site is the gateway to information, tools and publications of the following nutrition-related projects and programs: A2Z, BASICS, FANTA, LINKAGES, MOST, Profiles and SARA. Topics covered include adolescent and women’s nutrition, infant and young child feeding and HIV, micronutrients and fortification, food security, nutrition and HIV, nutrition in emergencies and nutrition-related chronic diseases. http://www.aednutritioncenter.org/

Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)  (French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish)
Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates are electronic nutrition publications for health professionals. Each summarizes the latest nutrition research on a specific topic and explains the relevance of new findings to clinical practice. The site gives subscription details for obtaining e-copies of these Updates, many of which are free, and contains links to some back copies. http://www.nutritionupdates.org/

British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN)
Although BAPEN is UK orientated, the site gives access to several resources which could be useful in low-income countries. These include a malnutrition screening tool (MUST), and links to similar associations in other countries (including South Africa and India) and to online journals. http://www.bapen.org.uk

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Nutrition and Consumer Protection  (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
This site gives links to FAO’s many materials and websites on food composition, nutrient requirements, household food security, nutritional assessment, national policies and strategies, and nutritional information, communication and education for communities (rural and urban) and schools. It includes links to the organization’s documents on food safety and quality, and to nutrition profiles for selected low-income countries. http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/index_en.stm

Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains numerous PDF files about nutrition-related topics for low income countries, particularly those related to nutrition and HIV. The subjects include Assessment and Monitoring, Emergency Nutrition, Food Aid, Food Security, Household Food Consumption, Infant and Child Nutrition, and Women’s and Adolescents’ Nutrition. The project is managed by the Academy for Educational Development and funded by ID. http://www.fantaproject.org

International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)   (Focus on Low-Income countries) IUNS aims to promote advancement in nutrition science, research and development at the global level; to encourage collaboration among nutrition scientists and to disseminate information .. The site gives access to the reports of its various symposia and taskforces, and to articles from several nutrition journals, and links to a few other nutrition organisations. http://www.iuns.org/

Nutrition Information Centre, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital (NICUS) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The goal of NICUS is to act as a reliable and independent source of nutrition information in South Africa. The site contains links to fulltext PDF documents on Nutrition and AIDS, Dietary Intakes, Micronutrients, Food Fortification, and Basic Fact Sheets plus links to other Internet resources. Much of the material is relevant to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. http://stbweb02.stb.sun.ac.za/nicus/

Nutrition Society  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site describes the aims, work and publications of the Nutrition Society - the largest learned society for nutrition in Europe. The organization gives guidance on professional development and nutrition training. The site includes Information Sheets on print, CD-ROM and electronic resources for ‘low-income countries’ and also has links to many useful international organizations and institutions. http://www.nutritionsociety.org/

ProNUTRITION  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains information on nutrition and HIV, Nutrition for Mothers and Children, Food Security, Malnutrition, Micronutrients and Nutrition Emergencies in developing countries. It includes newsletters, fulltext documents, links to web sites, guidelines, and assessment tools and is sponsored by AED/SatelLife. Interested users can subscribe to ProNut-HIV, an electronic email discussion forum. http://www.pronutrition.org/

PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Nutrition (54000+)
This PubMed search will identify all nutrition related free fulltext e-journal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. .New fulltext articles are added to the PubMed database weekly. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=%22loattrfree+full+text%22%5Bsb%5D+AND+((%22nutritional+sciences%22%5BTIAB%5D+NOT+Medline%5BSB%5D)+OR+%22nutritional+sciences%22%5BMeSH+Terms%5D+OR+(%22nutrition+physiology%22%5BTIAB%5D+NOT+Medline%5BSB%5D)+OR+%22nutrition+physiology%22%5BMeSH+Terms%5D+OR+nutrition%5BText+Word%5D)&WebEnv=0xpUwYhdVIHxvaMCOtA6uDP6g6hOFUORpVSlK6toGdeO6JtJkYTb1bHmx4jJHl3Rt9unM7G8mI7JMC%402563364D79E8BD60_0178SID&WebEnvRq=1

UN: Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The SCN promotes cooperation among UN agencies and partner organizations in support of community, national, regional, and international efforts. The site contains information about the Committee and its programs plus links to numerous fulltext documents including the organization’s reports, press releases and the bi-annual SCN News, a periodic review of developments in international nutrition. http://www.unsystem.org/scn/

WHO: Nutrition  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)  (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish,)
This site contains links to nutrition-related documents/press releases, reports and other materials produced by WHO and other UN agencies. The topics covered include general information, WHO programs and activities, technical information, nutritional guidelines,and statistical databases (including anthropometric standards). http://www.who.int/topics/nutrition/en/

The Nutrition pages of Essential Health Links are advised by Ann Burgess, freelance nutrition consultant, member of the Nutrition Society, UK and Marlou Bijlsma, nutrition consultant.

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Updated: 10 April 2008