Select from the following free nutrition handouts and fact sheets:
Nutrients
- Calcium - It's Just Not in Milk Anymore
- Answers to Your Questions About Calcium in the Diet
- Vitamin D, Calcium and Sunshine: What's the Connection?
- Folic Acid = Good Health and a Healthy Baby
- Iron - What You Need to Know
Infant/Child Feeding
- Breast Milk Changes
- Baby Bottles and Tooth Decay
- Your Young Child Can Help in the Kitchen
- Vegetables And Your Young Child
- Do Children Drink Too Much Fruit Juice?
Nutrition and Health
- Cholesterol-Lowering Margarine Now Available
- Trans Fat: Should You Be Concerned?
- Olive Oil: Is it Best for You?
- Soy in the News
- Phytochemicals: It's All in the Plant Foods You Eat!
- Too Much Salt - Is it Still a Concern?
- Keeping Bones Strong
- Diet and Cancer - What You Need to Know
- Diabetes: Myths and Facts
- That Bloated Feeling - Is It Something You Ate?
Weight Maintenance
- What You Need to Know About the Atkins Diet
- What You Need to Know About High Protein, Low Carbohydrate Diets
- Keeping Those Holiday Pounds Off
- Gain Weight the Healthy Way
Food Allergies
Dietary Supplements
- Tips for Taking Herbs*
- Herbal Products: In the News
- Questions to Ask Before Buying That Supplement
- Oral Supplements: Special Food for Special Needs?
- Energy Bars - Are They For You?
- Calcium Supplements - What You Need to Know
Food and Nutrition Misinformation
Food Selection
- Is it 100% Fruit Juice Or Not?
- Sugary Beverages on the Rise (educator's version)
- Sugary Beverages on the Rise (consumer's version)
- What Do Those Dates on Food Packages Mean?
- Aspartame and Those Scary Stories on the Web
- Choose Healthful Meals When Eating Out
Food Preparation and Food Safety
Thanks to the Oregon State University Extension Family Community Development Program for providing these handouts. As part of Oregon State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, the program extends to individuals and communities, important research and knowledge relating to Nutrition and Food Management, Exercise and Sports Science, Human Development and Family Sciences, and Design and Human Environment. Program faculty and staff are actively engaged in 28 of Oregon’s 36 counties, supported by 4 Extension faculty at OSU in Corvallis.