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Healthy Eating, Food Safety and Eating Disorders
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Healthy Eating and Nutrition
- Arbor Nutrition Guide - links to sites on cultural nutrition, cooking & dining, functional foods, food industry & agriculture, ancient diets, food service
- Best Gluten-Free Recipes - recipes, coeliac information, some recipes frees but main recipe book costs though!
- British Egg Information Service - includes information on production, safety, nutrition, safety, egg products, recipes & literature to order
- British Nutrition Foundation - range of information for schools & others on nutrition, health, good practice, food issues in the news, conferences, with requests answered by email, also key facts on oral health, functional foods, older people, caffeine, meat, calcium, food policy
- British Potato Council - information for producers, consumers - including information on varieties & recipes, trade, research projects, events, information sources & contacts
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - covers environment, sustainable development, wildlife & countryside, farming, food & drink, animal health & welfare, fisheries, plants & seeds, horticulture, water
- Eating for Health - government proposals & guidelines for Scotland (A Diet Action Plan for Scotland)
- Eating well on a budget - money saving tips from Oxford Brookes University
- European Food Information Information Council (EUFIC) - science based information on nutrition & health, food safety & quality, biotechnology in food
- The Fish Foundation - news, research & nutrition, including impact of fish oil on arthritis, brain function, heart disease, skin & other parts of the body
- The Food Allergy Network - (US non-profit organisation), information, product alerts, answers to commonly asked questions
- Food, food related & food campaign links - interesting selection of links related to food issues, professional writers' resources & members' links from the Guild of Food Writers
- The Food Foundation - registered charity supporting sound nutrition, cooking & other food skills, the use & appreciation of food & drink. Online information includes links to large number of food related organisations with information, professional help, teaching materials & other resources online & available in other media
- Food for Thought - helpful section on food & nutrition for students including healthy & cheap recipes
- Food Standards Agency - UK government site, includes information & advice, news, consultations, events, scientific committees, research, food surveillance, regulations & enforcement, links
- Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Information Bureau (UK) - news & information on eating 5 portions a day
- The Health House - visually interesting, includes a section on food, healthy eating, eating disorders, help & resources, from Channel 4
- Milk - the National Dairy Council - information on milk, dairy products, milk fun, education zone, careers & industry links
- Slimming - useful advice from HomeDoctor, a UK site with information on healthy eating, travel health & a large number of other health topics
- Tea Health - the Tea Council, information on tea & health, also promoting tea as a product
- Vegetarian Society UK - useful information for new vegetarians, young people, on nutrition & health, animals & the environment, news and also recipes & a large food index with fact sheets & articles.
- Wired for Health - another very clear HEA site, designed for teachers working with key stages 1 - 4, but useful for all health educators, parents & communities, providing curriculum information, links & resources and facts on sun safety, smoking, physical activity, healthy eating, alcohol, accidents & mental health. Site also includes links to government policies & guidance on health related to school age young people
Eating Disorders
- Chaotic Eating - including information, advice, suggestions for changing, getting help & bulletin board
- Eating Disorders Association (UK) - information & help on all aspects of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder & related eating disorders, also helplines for people with eating disorders, their family & friends & for young people aged 18 or less
- Eating Disorders - information, self-help & resources, Canadian site
- The Health House - visually interesting, includes a section on food, healthy eating, eating disorders, help & resources, from Channel 4
- Wired for Health - another very clear HEA site, designed for teachers working with key stages 1 - 4, but useful for all health educators, parents & communities, providing curriculum information, links & resources and facts on sun safety, smoking, physical activity, healthy eating, alcohol, accidents & mental health. Site also includes links to government policies & guidance on health related to school age young people
Food Safety
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - covers environment, sustainable development, wildlife & countryside, farming, food & drink, animal health & welfare, fisheries, plants & seeds, horticulture, water
- Food Safety Policy - from the Department of Health, includes monthly bulletin, regulations & industry guides, reports on the toxicity of chemicals in food, consumer products & the environment
- Food Safety Programme - from the World Health Organisation, including sections on chemical contaminants in food, foods derived from modern biotechnology, microbiological risk assessment, food safety events & publications
Please let us know if there are sites we should include or sites which have moved.
Disclaimer: We cannot check the content of all the sites included, so please take care with any advice or information given in sites, particularly where it does not come from a recognised organisation or profession.
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