Public Nutrition Resources
Find Nutrition Resources for Everyone
This page offers trusted nutrition and food-related resources to support healthy choices for individuals, families, and communities. The links below connect you to reliable information on nutrition, food safety, and programs that help improve access to healthy food and nutrition education.
Nutrition and Food Q & A
See our Nutrition and Food Questions page to ask a question and read responses from our collaborators at the NEXUS Center, Department of Nutrition at the University of California Davis.
Nutrition Information
UC Davis Department of Nutrition
Nutrition & Health Info Sheets: Up-to-date information about nutrition, health, and food produced by Dr. Rachel Scherr and her research staff. Scroll through page for specific audience:
For Consumers - Distribute these to program participants.
For Nutrition and Health Professionals - Distribute these sheets to health professionals (not for participants).
Nutrition Bites - Fact sheets with "bite-sized" information about a nutrition topic.- UC Food Safety - Consumer Advice
External Resources
- Nutrition.gov
- Food Safety.gov
- MyPlate in Multiple Languages - USDA
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - EatRight.org
National Nutrition Programs
- Nutrition Assistance Programs
USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) increases food security and reduces hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthy diet, and nutrition education. Child Nutrition Programs - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP - formerly Known as FSNE)
A program of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. SNAP provides food assistance and aims to increase nutrition for the health and well being of low-income individuals and their families. - WIC: Women, Infants and Children
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as the WIC Program, serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating and referrals to health care.