This database, provided by the National Agricultural Library, offers a wide variety of topics within dieting and nutrition. Among the topics are a food safety information center, a guide to using dietary supplements, and even a eating and health module. However, the database also allows the reader to browse through or search a list of topics and issues related to dieting. All of these include external links to educate the reader about healthy dieting and discourage unhealthy eating and dieting habits. This is a good source because it details, with external links, most everything diet-related and also includes, as part of its government affiliation, surveys, reports, and research.
Eat Right: American Dietetic Association. 2008. 4 June 2008. http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html
The American Dietetic Association is the largest organization of food and nutritional professionals in the world. Their main goals consist of improving the nation’s general health and advancing dieting through research. They offer information regarding many different types of diets, and include the pros and cons of all the major diets, such as the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, and have several sections of their website dedicated to debunking fad diet myths, and promote healthier eating. This is a good source because it discusses why fad diets achieve such popularity, and also provides scientific evidence as to why they don’t work.
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