Nutrition

Nutrition is currently one of the most controversial topics. Even though malnutrition is responsible for considerable mortality in some parts of the world, we can also find a lot of people complaining of obesity due to an unbalanced diet. Still, nutrition is the most common human need, and it affects health, economics, politics, and wars.

Two main websites that highlight nutrition status globally are linked to the United Nations. www.who.int/nut is the nutrition website of the World Health Organization. The website focuses on how health is linked to nutrition and the worldwide magnitude of malnutrition related mortality and morbidity. The website highlights efforts by WHO and the global network of collaborating centres to reduce health problems due to malnutrition. The other website is maintained by the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (www.unsystem.org/scn), which aims to stop malnutrition being a human development constraint. The site covers the standing committee's activities, meetings, and news and includes reports and lectures. The International Food Policy Research Institute (www.ifpri.org) is another valuable international resource that provides policy solutions to cut hunger and malnutrition

Another aspect covered on the web is the scientific study and research on nutrition. The website of the British Nutrition Foundation (www.nutrition.org.uk) is an attractive tool for accessing educational material about nutrition—just follow the links for information, education, or publications for many informative and interesting topics. Furthermore, the website covers prestigious projects and conferences at European Union level. The Nutrition Society (www.nutritionsociety.org) has been a pioneering voice of the trade since 1941. Web pages cover career prospectus, meetings, publications, and employment in the field.

US websites give much attention to consumer information. The US government has a specific portal for nutrition (www.nutrition.gov) You can browse either by subject or audience. Each link takes you to a new page which has links to other websites on the subject. Also don't forget the website of the Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov). The administration is an international reference for safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. Each of these sections has further links to more concrete information, reports, and news from centres regulating that product.

I really liked the nutritional assessment after taking the short quiz at the Evolution Diet website (www.code-interactive.com/evolution-diet/healthprofile.html). Finally, www.nutrition.uk.com is a simple website that acts as a portal for nutrition and healthy diet news and is up to date, and you can sign up for a free newsletter.