Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 35: Nutrition

American Dietetics Association (ADA)
http://www.eatright.org/
Provides the latest nutrition news, consumer information, and membership information.

American Society for Nutrition Sciences (ASNS)
http://www.asns.org/
Describes the organization and its journal, the Journal of Nutrition.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
http://www.clinnutr.org/
Presents professional resources, nutrition news, and other information for professionals in parenteral and enteral nutrition (PEN).

National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/
Find out about the Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) and the latest nutrition news at this site.

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/
Summarizes United States federal websites on nutrition.

Nutrition Navigator, from Tufts University
http://navigator.tufts.edu/
Gateway to sites related to nutrition, including site reviews, articles, quizzes, and other materials.

US FDA / Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/
Provides consumer education and teaching resources on food safety and applied nutrition.