An integrated data system that provides expanded nutrient profile data and links to related agricultural, food, health, dietary supplement, and experimental research. FoodData Central is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service.
Visualize data and locate information critical to understanding minority health, health disparities, and their determinants. Data are collected from public health surveillance systems by using either their published reports or public use files.
Detailed information on the key changes to the nutrition facts label.
A measure of diet quality, independent of quantity, that can be used to assess compliance with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans and monitor changes in dietary patterns. The HEI can also be used to evaluate nutrition interventions and consumer nutrition education programs.
Learn about proven, science-based methods to help people get the recommended amounts of healthy foods — like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains — to reduce their risk for chronic diseases and improve their health. Use these resources to develop programs and policies that are informed by evidence on what's effective, replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
Learn about proven, science-based methods to prevent people from using tobacco products and help them quit. Use these resources to develop programs and policies that are informed by evidence on what's effective, replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
A comprehensive toolkit designed to help health educators, dietitians, physicians, other health care and nutrition professionals, social workers, youth counselors, and program directors teach consumers about the Nutrition Facts label and how to use the information it provides to make healthier food choices.
A biomarker validation study of internet-based and conventional self-reports for assessing diet and physical activity.
These modules are designed to complement the Measures Registry and Measures Registry User Guides and assist researchers and practitioners with choosing the best measures across the four domains of the Measures Registry: individual diet, food environment, individual physical activity and physical activity environment.
A webinar series featuring leading national and international experts presenting on emerging developments, opportunities, and challenges in childhood obesity prevention research, practice, and policy.
A guide that assists researchers in achieving consistency of measurement across studies for describing smoking patterns, establishing inclusion and exclusion criteria for participation, measuring potentially important mediators and moderators of treatment outcomes, and measuring tobacco use outcomes.
Provides a variety of research chemicals, controlled substances, marijuana cigarettes, and nicotine research cigarettes to investigators working in the area of drug abuse, addiction, and related disciplines.
Videos to learn practical tips on how to counsel patients about using the Nutrition Facts label to make food choices that support a healthy diet.
A catalog of recommended standard measures of phenotypes and environmental exposures for use in biomedical research. This includes common data elements for tobacco regulatory research, substance abuse and addiction, mental health research, sickle cell disease research, and social determinants of health.
Recommended measurement protocols for research in smoking cessation, harm reduction, and biomarkers.
The PhenX Toolkit provides recommended standard measures of phenotypes and environmental exposures for use in biomedical research. This collection includes common data elements for tobacco regulatory research.
A national longitudinal study of tobacco use and how it affects the health of people in the United States.