Diet and Nutrition Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on Diet and Nutrition:

   • 1.1 Similar reports on Diet and Nutrition
   • 1.2 International institutions addressing diet and nutrition
   • 1.3 Other organizations addressing diet and nutrition
   • 1.4 News sites
2. Other Views

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1. Factual links

1.1 Similar reports on Diet and Nutrition

• The EURODIET project addresses "Nutrition & Diet for Healthy Lifestyles in Europe" and offers links to its different reports: http://eurodiet.med.uoc.gr/ 
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) proposes links to the different parts of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, which addresses "the Nutrition Transition and Prevention of Diet-related Diseases in Asia and the Pacific": www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Nutrition/Transition_Prevention/  

1.2 International institutions addressing diet and nutrition

• The WHO provides pages addressing diet and physical activity at:
  www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/en/ and a "Global Database on Body Mass Index" which gives indepth information on the BMI at: www.who.int/bmi/index.jsp 
• The DG Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission provides a webpage on nutrition
  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/my_lifestyle/nutrition/index_en.htm 
  and launched the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health:
  http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/ 

1.3 Other organizations addressing diet and nutrition

• The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) provides information on food safety & quality and health & nutrition:www.eufic.org 
• The website of the British Nutrition Foundation (bnf), "a scientific and educational charity which promotes the well-being of society through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of evidence-based nutritional knowledge and advice":
  www.nutrition.org.uk/ 
• The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), proposes an interactive website dedicated to the food pyramid and helping consumers to make "smart choices from every food group" : www.mypyramid.gov/ 

1.4 News sites

• The International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF), the advocacy arm of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO), is working "to alert the world to the growing health crisis threatened by soaring levels of obesity" and proposes news on obesity. www.iotf.org/media.asp 
• Press releases on nutrition by the DG Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission
  http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/ 

2. Other Views

Links in this section have been selected as examples of other views on Diet & Nutrition. This list of links is only a sample and it is not suggested that it is complete nor that it is fully representative of all the existing views. GreenFacts asbl takes no position concerning the views expressed in these linked documents.

• The webpage of the World Health Organization (WHO) where comments on a previous draft of the joint WHO/FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases are posted: www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/trs916/cmo/en/index.html  

Examples of organizations that criticize WHO/FAO recommendations

• The Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC):
  www.sirc.org/timeline/timeline_front.shtml 
  www.sirc.org/media/archive04/arch_note_march_2004.shtml 
• The Centre for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit coalition of restaurants, food companies, and consumers: www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2256