Nutrition Resources and Links

Local Resources

• Mississippi Farmer's Markets

Guides to Good Nutrition

• Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids: A nutrition guide for parents
• Eat Right on the Run: Don't leave nutrition behind when you leave home.
• Folic acid is an important nutritional supplement for pregnant women.

Handouts

• Cooking Healthy at Home: Healthy Substitutions
• Cooking Healthy at Home: Reducing Salt
• Cooking Healthy at Home: Reducing Sugar
• Healthy Choices for Eating Out: Fast Food Tips
• Healthy Choices for Eating Out: Decoding Restaurant Menus

Menu Planning and Recipes

• Nutritious Lunches on the Go: Eat well when you're packing lunch for work or school
• Meals for Meetings: Add healthy food and physical activity to your meetings
• Healthy Catering and Event Guide: How to make healthy choices part of your next event
• Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes (Platillos Latinos): Heart-healthy traditional Latino dishes (español and English) (PDF)

• MyPlate.gov: Tools and information for better eating from the USDA
• Diabetes Food Hub: Food and diet information, tracking and menu planning for diabetics or anyone wanting to lose weight (from the American Diabetes Association)

• Menu Planning for Child Care Operators: Guidelines and checklist for planning nutritious meals for children

Professionals and Teachers

Interactive

• Nourish Interactive: A free resource for fun nutrition games for kids, and interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators
• Action for Healthy Kids: Includes the Game On! Wellness Challenge

Teaching and Learning Materials

• Bright Futures: Health promotion and disease prevention resource for nursing, health care professionals, and educators
• Portion Distortion: Information from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Links referenced on this page
Mississippi Farmer's Markets		http://farmersmarkets.msstate.edu/
Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,1698,213,html ok
Eat Right on the Run:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,1692,213,html ok
Folic acid		https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/
Healthy Substitutions		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4340,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Substitutions.pdf
Reducing Salt		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4339,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Salt.pdf
Reducing Sugar		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4338,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Water.pdf
Fast Food Tips		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4337,213,pdf/HealthyEatingOut-Tips.pdf
Decoding Restaurant Menus		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4336,213,pdf/HealthyEatingOut-Menues.pdf
Nutritious Lunches on the Go:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,5340,213,html ok
Meals for Meetings:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,5269,277,html ok
Healthy Catering and Event Guide:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4717,213,pdf/HealthyCatering.pdf
Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes (Platillos Latinos):		http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_recip.pdf
MyPlate.gov:		https://www.myplate.gov/
Diabetes Food Hub:		https://www.diabetesfoodhub.org/
Menu Planning for Child Care Operators:		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/30,0,183,464,html ok
Nourish Interactive:		http://www.nourishinteractive.com/
Action for Healthy Kids:		http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/
Bright Futures:		http://brightfutures.aap.org/
Portion Distortion:		https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/eat-right/portion-distortion.htm

Resources referenced
Healthy Substitutions		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4340,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Substitutions.pdf ok
Reducing Salt		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4339,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Salt.pdf ok
Reducing Sugar		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4338,213,pdf/HealthyCooking-Water.pdf ok
Fast Food Tips		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4337,213,pdf/HealthyEatingOut-Tips.pdf ok
Decoding Restaurant Menus		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4336,213,pdf/HealthyEatingOut-Menues.pdf ok
Healthy Catering and Event Guide:		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/43,4717,213,pdf/HealthyCatering.pdf ok

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