Research Guides: Nutrition Science &amp; Dietetics: Government Resources

Government Resources for Nutrtion Resarch

Centers for Disease Control
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015-2020 The 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines is designed to help Americans eat a healthier diet. Intended for policymakers and health professionals, this edition of the Dietary Guidelines outlines how people can improve their overall eating patterns — the complete combination of foods and drinks in their diet. This edition offers 5 overarching Guidelines and a number of Key Recommendations with specific nutritional targets and dietary limits.
Healthy People 2030 Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade.
Nutrition.gov Nutrition.gov is a USDA-sponsored website that offers credible information to help you make healthful eating choices.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management across 29 government agencies.
Food and Safety Inspection Service Protecting the public’s health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and processed egg products.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. FDA also has responsibility for regulating the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health and to reduce tobacco use by minors. FDA is responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective, safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medical products and foods to maintain and improve their health. FDA also plays a significant role in the Nation's counterterrorism capability. FDA fulfills this responsibility by ensuring the security of the food supply and by fostering development of medical products to respond to deliberate and naturally emerging public health threats.
USDA FoodData Central FoodData Central is an integrated data system that provides expanded nutrient profile data and links to related agricultural and experimental research.
USDA Economic Research Service The mission of USDA's Economic Research Service is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making. Check out their quarterly journal Amber Waves (see right box)

Policy-rich Databases

Legislation - Federal/State

Congress.Gov

Organizations

Healthy Food Policy Project (HFPP)
International Food Policy Research Institute
United Nations Digital Library Content provided from The Dag Hammarskjöld Library and contains documents, maps, images, sounds, voting data, and speeches from all UN Bodies. .

Databases

Amber Waves

Amber Waves (published 4 times per year), is the flagship publication of the Economic Research Service (ERS), which is part of the USDA . ERS experts and their collaborators cover all areas of food, farming, natural resources and rural America. There is a free internet edition.

Food History Resources

Below are some resources from the Library of Congress related to Food History:

Food History Tracer Bullet

Presidential Food Resources

Katherine Golden Bitting Collection

Women's History and Food History: New Ways of Seeing American Life