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Sort fact from fiction with reliable information from University of Missouri Extension on food, vitamins, exercise and preventive health care.
Local resources
- Contact Tammy Roberts
or Terry Egan
Extension nutrition specialists serving Southwest Missouri - Family and Consumer Education (FCE) Clubs in Webster County
Health and Nutrition Resources for Southwest Missouri provides a free weekly e-mail that brings you educational news and useful information from University of Missouri Extension in Southwest Missouri. Request a subscription online.
Missouri-wide Nutrition and Health Resources
- University of Missouri Extension Nutrition and Health main page
- Extension Publications Search for nutrition and health information.
- MissouriFamilies Get practical nutrition and health information
More resources
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National
Center for Home Food Preservation
Your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation - USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning (1994 edition)
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The
"Ball Blue Book" of Preserving
This most comprehensive how-to book on food preservation features gourmet and special diet recipes, along with home canning classics and illustrated step-by-step instructions. - Quality
for Keeps
An April through October newsletter written by University of Missouri Extension regional specialists for those who produce and preserve food. - Food Guide Pyramid
An outline of what to eat each day for a healthful diet -
Food Preservation FAQs
Search a listing of frequently-asked questions and answers from the
state food and nutrition specialists at the University of Missouri -
Food and Nutrition
Solutions
Answers to food buying, preparation, preservation, safety, nutritive analysis
and substitutions questions from the University of Illinois -
Nutritive
Value of Foods (USDA Handbook HG-72)
This 103-page reference lists nutrient content of over 1,274 foods. Nutrients
listed include water; calories; protein; total fat; saturated, monounsaturated,
and polyunsaturated fatty acids; cholesterol; total dietary fiber; calcium; iron;
potassium; sodium; vitamin A in IU and RE units; thiamin; riboflavin; niacin;
and ascorbic acid.
Requires Adobe Acrobat PDF file reader.
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Healthy School Meals Resource
System
Provides information to persons working in USDA's Child Nutrition Programs -
WIC
Learning Online
A series of 12 online modules designed to train all levels of nutrition educators working in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program. Approved as a self-study course by the American Dietetic Association - Nutrition and Your Health:
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Latest edition, released Jan. 12, 2005 by U.S. Departments of Health and Human
Services and Agriculture - National Food Safety Database
A multi-state collection of consumer, industry and educator resources on
food safety using research-based data. Includes USDA guidelines and recipes. -
USDA
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers. - American
Dietetic Association/ConAgra Foods Foundation
Home food safety information in English and Spanish - USDA
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Resources on food safety, regulations, recalls, and food security -
Nutrient
Data Laboratory of USDA
Search the nutrient database, download software, and learn about composition
of foods. - FSHN Nutritional Services
Food, Science, Health and Nutrition Department at University of Missouri - Food for the 21st Century
Innovative research for improved food, fiber, nutrition, and health. - Exercise Physiology
Graduate program at University of Missouri
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