SCR CONNECTionsJanuary 16, 2013

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Welcome!

Nutrition Information Resources

SCR CONNECTionsJanuary 16, 2013Cheryl Rowan, Consumer Health Coordinator

The importance of nutrition

What do all those words mean?

Nutrition Vocabulary

• Start with the basics• Nutrition: the act of process of nourishing; the process by which

organisms take in and utilize food material• Malnutrition: the condition that occurs when your body does not

get enough nutrients; starvation is an extreme form of malnutrition

• Defining nutrition terms• MedlinePlus• USDA Team Nutrition• http://www.teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/ne_vocab.pdf

Putting the words together

• Reading food labels• http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/

NFLPM/ucm274593.htm

General Nutrition Resources: Four Key Players

MedlinePlus.gov

• http://www.medlineplus.gov • Health Topics => Health and Wellness => Food and

Nutrition has more than 100 different pages of information• Specific demographic groups: pregnancy, child,

toddler, teen, seniors • Drugs & Supplements • Videos & Cool Tools

Special Features of MedlinePlus• Multiple languages • MedlinePlus the magazine • Eating Disorder topics• Food allergies • Anorexia nervosa• Bulimia nervosa• Binge-eating

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC • http://www.cdc.gov • Healthy Living section has several topic pages,

including: food safety, nutrition, and healthy weight• Current Features often feature nutrition-related

topics; e.g., “Holiday Food Safety During Pregnancy”

U.S. Department of Agriculture– USDA

• http://www.usda.gov • Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services• Dietary Guidelines• Food Safety Recalls• MyPlate.gov • Nutrition.gov • Center for Nutrition Policy and Prevention• Agricultural Library - http://www.nal.usda.gov/

American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

• http://www.eatright.org • The world’s largest organization of food and

nutrition professionals.• Lots of good information for the public.

Finding Research on Nutrition Topics

• Searching PubMed for research finding• MeSH terms related to Nutrition• Article type: Practice Guideline

• Healthy People 2020 Objectives for Nutrition and Weight Status Using Structured Evidence Queries (SEQs)• http://phpartners.org/hp2020/index.html

Using SEQs to find the Evidence

• Structured Evidence Queries• Preformulated search strategies which search the literature for

research evidence related to Healthy People 2020 objectives• Developed by public health librarians working with subject matter

experts

Final Questions…

• From you…

• For you…

Next SCR CONNECTionsWednesday, February 20, 2013, 10:30 a.m. CST

Information Petting Zoo: Consumer Health Resources for Animalswith Guest Speaker Heather K. Moberly, MSLS, AHIP, Professor, Veterinary Medicine Librarian, William E. Brock Memorial Library Center for Veterinary Health Science, Oklahoma State University

MLA CE available through February 5, 2013:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/nutritionresources

Thank you for joining us today!