Purpose

Helping limited-income families and individuals achieve and maintain proper nutrition is an important aspect of health and wellness promotion.

Description

WeCanEndHunger includes links to helpful information and materials on a wide range of food and nutrition topics.  Please LET US KNOW if you have suggested items that can be added on HEALTH AND NUTRITION.

USA.gov

• Health and Nutrition: Online Services
• Food, Nutrition, and Fitness
• Nutrition and Fitness (HealthFinder.gov)

Iowa State University Extension

• Food, Nutrition and Health
• Families, Food and Fitness
• Spend Smart. Eat Smart.
  An interactive website featuring Planning to Shop… Shopping the Store … Preparing Meals

Harvard School of Public Health – The Nutrition Source including What You Should Eat … Getting to Your Healthy Weight … Recipes … And More!

Mayo Clinic – Nutrition and Healthy Eating

For Teachers and Educators through GirlsHealth.gov website ages 10-16 (Office on Women’s Health / U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)

Coordinated School Health Programs inc. Comprehensive Health Education (Center for Disease Control)

California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activities and Nutrition) - Fact Sheets

• Disordered Eating
• Easy Ways to Eat Less Fat
• Nutrition and Youth Health Statistics
• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Academic Achievement
• Osteoporosis

Boston College Eating Awareness Team

• Eating for Health
• Eating Disorder Information Center
• Resources inc. Reading List

Dairy Council of California

• Personal Nutrition Planner - On-line assessment and planning tool
• MyFitness Planner - On-line exercise program planning tool 
• Teen BEAT - Basic exercise & activity tracker

Outcomes

Nutrition.gov provides useful information that addresses various aspects regarding the relationship between nutrition and health.

FitnessHealthZone.com provides this list on the advantages of having proper nutrition:

• It makes you to stay in right weight according to your age
• Proper nutrition boosts your immune system
• Improves your output in each and every aspect (like sports, work, etc)
• Proper nutrition makes you to stay fit even in old age also
• Fatigue and tiredness reduces
• Makes your teeth and gums stronger
• Your ability and concentration level increases
• Even though your age increases, those aging effects will be reduced with good nutrition
• Your life span also increases
• Good nutrition will ward off some serious illnesses like cancers, diseases which affect your gallbladder, heart diseases, onset diabetes which occurs at mature-age, etc.