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Core Concepts in Health, 9/e
Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Nutrition Basics

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Table 12-4 (See p. 332 in your text.)

Food Guide Pyramid Recommendations Compared with the Average American Diet

The http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/home.htm USDA Food Surveys Research Group tracks the dietary habits of Americans by examining both surveys about consumption and the food supply.

Other sources of data and analysis of food consumption and its implications include the following:

http://www.usda.gov/cnpp USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

http://www.ers.usda.gov USDA Economic Research Service

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/nutrishn/nutrishn.htm National Center for Health Statistics: Nutrition Monitoring