Nutrition in the elderly

Part of "Multidisciplinary Education in Geriatrics and Aging" web site, which offers "a hypermedia, computerized learning experience. The computerized modules combine text with video segments, slides, animations, interactive experiences, graphs, and tables." As yet a good deal of it is plain text.

Nutrition and Eating Patterns of Dementia Patients

From Alzheimer's Association. A selected list of resources.

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

Part of Tufts Univ. Their web site has organisational information and access to search engine for publications of the Center.

National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging

Organisational information and a range of documents, bibliographies etc..

Nutrition in the elderly bibliography

From FNIC, but accessed at PEN gopher.

Diet and Nutrition in Aging

A most interesting site offering a view on the possible relationship of a range of micro- and other nutrients in aging, as well as some antioxidant and other compounds. The emphasis is on the possibility that taking the listed nutrients may be of benefit in managing the aging process. For each nutrient there are review articles and information about who are the proponents of the theory being discussed. Also some relevant Medline articles are abstracted at the end of each section.

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Professional obstetric and women's nutrition

CDC criteria for diagnosis of anemia in children and women

Current Trends CDC Criteria for anemia in children and childbearing-aged women. Written in 1989.

Cybers pace Medical School: Anaemia in pregnancy

From Singapore. Anaemia in pregnancy.

Maternal nutrition: medical textbook chapter

Written by a dietitian and taken from chapter was taken from a textbook on Maternal -Fetal Medicine, this is a useful summary of orthodox knowledge wtih some tables, graphs and references.

American Dietetic Association position paper on Nutrition Care For Pregnant Adolescents

Adopted 1993, referenced. Advocates access to professional dietetic care for all pregnant adolescents.

American Dietetic Association position paper on Women's health and nutrition.

Referenced position paper on broad issues of women's nutrition needs.

Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. of Canada: guidelines for antenatal care

Guidelines for antenatal care for physicians includes a nutrition section. Referenced, but by no means exhaustively.

WIC Nutrition Programs: New Hampshire

Information on purposes and implementation of Women Infants and Children nutrition supplement program in New Hampshire.

Optimal calcium intake: CME

Participants review detailed statements that From the National Library of Medicine, an interactive web page which is part of a broader CME experiment. Starts with a consensus statement from an expert panel, then a participatory test from which you can get CME credits.

Cochrane reviews of nutrition and pregnancy

Brief abstracts of the full text critical appraisal reviews (available by subscription) on subjects such as the effectiveness of nutrition advice in pregnancy, nutritional treatment for imparied foetal growth, cabbage leaves for breast engorgement and breastfeeding issues.

Lay obstetric and women's nutrition

Online Birth Centre: Nutrition and Pregnancy

Good collection of links on nutriion in pregnancy, with a generally lay perspective. Includes material on vegetarianism in pregnancy.

IFIC: Healthy Eating During Pregnancy

Lay plain text document from Intern.Food Information Council (co-sponsored by "March of Dimes Foundation").

Iron deficiency in Pregnancy: University of Singapore (Cybermed)

Note form clinical material.

NutriGenie - pregnancy nutrition software

Download evaluation copy of software that analyses a mother's diet..

Babybag: Feeding & Nutrition articles

Lay site on pregnancy and motherhood, with articles on folate, healthy eating, nutritional content of baby foods etc.

FDA/CFSAN Folic Acid Fact Sheet

Folic Acid in pregnancy: guidelines

From Wisconsin, quoting CDC guidelines.

La Leche League

The La Leche League International is "an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed." This site has information on the organisation and local chapters, FAQs, and a search engine.

Sugar content of breakfast cereals

From set of simple child nutrition pages, this page has tables of recommended, acceptable, not recommended and unacceptable (US) breakfast cereals based on sugar content.

Women's Health Interactive

Very nicely designed site (based on frames) with on-line nutrition symposium and interactive nutrition quiz focussed on a healthy diet for preventing heart disease. The quiz provides an automated scored response and educational material relevant to the topic.

Women's Nutrition Books

Listing of books supposedly relevant to women's nutrition in this general and profesional OB-GYN resource site. Some books have brief descriptions available andall have ordering information from Amazon Books. Many are popular or alternative nutrition flavour.

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CDC criteria for diagnosis of anemia in children and women

Current Trends CDC Criteria for anemia in children and childbearing-aged women. Written in 1989.

Child Care and Nutrition Inc

Non-profit organisation which offers support services to child carers. Their nutrition page has some simple information on nutrition for children, and a list of high-medium-low sugar content for common breakfast cereals.

"Pedi-RD is an e-mail mailing list for dietitians and other health care professionals interested in neonatal/perinatal and pediatric nutrition"

Childrens nutrition gopher material

Childhood obesity, school nutrition, adolescents and AIDS.

Colorado Department of Education: Child Nutrition Unit

Description of the unit and its education and other activities. There is no actual resource material on-line yet.

Inborn Errors of Metabolism: teaching notes

Teaching notes for physicians by Dr.William Wilcox, Division of Medical Genetics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Parenteral Nutrition teaching file

Plain text information.

Parenteral Nutrition in neonates: teaching notes

From Ray Duncan, MD, Staff Neonatologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Feeding your Baby NSW Health Dpt.Brochure

Colour line drawings but not of didactic value. Otherwise plain text.

Pediatric Nutrition On-line

On-line bulletin board for healthcare professionals working with children and their nutritional needs. Uses special software to access the bulletin board, which is provided at the site as well.

Pedi-rd mailing list

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Psychiatry and mental health

Nutrition and Mental Illness

Article from alternative medicine company with a review of research showing micronutritional problems and responses to supplementation of those with mental illness.

Nutrition and mental health: Senate hearing 1977

Full transcript of this famous hearing by the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs held on June 22, 1977, at which various well known figures (including Dr.Ben Feingold) spoke with a view generally supportive of a link between diet and mental health, views that at that time were not widely accepted.

Tardive dyskinesia and vitamin E: Cochrane review

Concludes there is no convincing evidence in favour.

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Other nutritional risk groups

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