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Journals & databases

Browse this list to find out about major scientific journals and databases dealing with diet and nutrition.  
 
Databases 
 
Medicine journals 
 
Nutrition journals 
 
Specialized journals 
 
Scientific journals

Databases :
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System : www.cdc.gov
    Source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
     
    Data, documentation, questionnaires, and publications related to this telephone survey of health risks in the United States. The data set may be downloaded, or tables and charts of prevalence data or trend data may be generated for the desired behavior or circumstance and the desired state (or nationwide). Prevalence data categories include cardiovascular disease, cholesterol awareness, demographics, diabetes, health status, hypertension awareness, nutrition, risk factors and calculated variables, weight control, and more. Trend data is available for the negative behaviors/circumstances diabetes awareness, not enought fruits and vegetables, obesity / overweight by body mass index, and others (Data available for 1995-2001).
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  • CABDIRECT : www.cabi-publishing.org
    Incorporating the leading bibliographic databases - CAB Abstracts and Global Health - CAB Direct provides access to these key resources directly from CABI Publishing. With over 4 million records dating back to 1973, CAB Direct covers research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. (subscription)
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  • Current Content Search: www.ovid.com
    Source: Institute for Scientific Information.
    Current Contents Search® provides unlimited access to tables of contents and bibliographic data from over 7,600 of the world's leading scientific and scholarly journals and 2,000 books (mutidisciplinary). Complete bibliographic information is also provided, including English-language author abstracts (for approximately 85% of the articles and reviews in the science editions), author keywords, KeyWords Plus ®, reprint and research addresses, and full journal information. (Coverage : 1994-present).
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  • Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) : www.nap.edu
    Source: National Academy Press (Author: Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine).
    Published in 2002, this report presents Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for energy, carbohydrate, fat, fiber, fatty acids, cholesterol, protein, and amino acids. It is one in a series of reports designed to expand upon and replace the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowances and the Canadian Recommended Nutrient Intakes. It includes definitions of many terms related to these macronutrients (public access).
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  • Embase: www.elsevier.com 
    Source : Elsevier bibliographic database.
    Database with more than15,5 millions Medline and Embase (biomedical and pharmacological database giving access to the most up-to-date information about medical and drug-related subjects) records with links to full-text from key STM publishers. More than 2.000 records added daily. Subjects : Drug Research, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmaceutics and Toxicology, Human Medicine (Clinical and Experimental), Basic Biological Research, Health Policy and Management, Public, Occupational and Environmental Health, Substance Dependence and Abuse, Psychiatry, Forensic Science, Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation.
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  • Food consumption (per capita) data system : www.ers.usda.gov
    Source: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Data on per capita food consumption, nutrient availability, food prices, expenditures, commodity supply and utilization, income, and population for the US. Data are provided for all available years. Data are available to download in spreadsheet form, or customized tables and charts may be produced. Related reports also available (public access)
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  • Agris-Caris : www.fao.org
    AGRIS is the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture.
    AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. To date, 240 national, international and intergovernmental centres participate from all over the world. Updated monthly. AGRIS Current (1996-) ; Agris Archive (1975-1995)
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  • Food and Nutrition Information Center : www.nal.usda.gov
    The Food and Nutrition Information Center is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and is partner with the University of Maryland's Department of Nutrition and Food Science and Howard University's Department of Nutritional Sciences. This Site provides a directory to credible, accurate, and practical resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators and government personnel. Visitors can find printable format educational materials, government reports, research papers and more. FNIC nutrition information specialists review all site content to ensure top quality resources (over 2,000 links to current and reliable nutrition information).
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  • Global NCD InfoBase : InfoBase online : www.who.int
    Source: WHO, World Health Organization. 
    Database of survey data for risk factors for noncommunicable diseases from many countries worldwide. The database may be searched to find data for a specific country and risk factor, or a more advanced search may be performed. Data is shown online in tabular format, and may be downloaded in XML, TSV, or CSV format. Data available for risk factors such as fruit and vegetable intake, obesity, cholesterol levels, body mass index, diabetes prevalence, ...(public access)
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  • MedBioWorld: www.sciencekomm.at
    With 25,000 links, Medbioworld is the largest medical reference site, including all medical journals and medical associations, and similar resources in the biological sciences. Links include 6,000 medical journals in 80 subspecialties, and the home pages of 4,000 medical associations.
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  • MEDLINE-Pub Med: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    Database of indexed journal citations and abstracts now covering nearly 4,500 journals published in the United States and more than 70 other countries. The subject scope of MEDLINE is biomedicine and health, broadly defined to encompass those areas of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. New citations are added weekly. In addition to providing access to MEDLINE, PubMed provides access to: The out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE ; citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing ; some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral™ and receive a qualitative review by NLM.
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  • National Guidelines Clearinghouse : www.guidelines.gov
    This feature provides a complete list of guideline summaries available through the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) Web site. The listing is organized alphabetically, by organization name. Search by keyword available, “Nutrition” keyword provides more than 220 guidelines (public access).
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  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey : www.cdc.gov
    Source: Division of Data Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
    Continuous survey of health and diet in the U.S. This website provides links to NHANES documentation and summary data, ordering information, and online access to datasets. (public, some parts need fee payment).
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  • Nutrient Data Laboratory : www.nal.usda.gov
    Source: Nutrient Data Laboratory, one of seven units in the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
    Information is given on food composition and nutrient content, with ability to search and download the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. (public access)
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  • Nutrition and food science : www.nutritionandfoodsciences.org/
    Formerly Nutritiongate, Nutrition and Food Sciences has, at its core, an authoritative abstracts database of over 500,000 abstracts derived from the world-renowned CAB ABSTRACTS™  database, including material from serials, conference proceedings, theses, and reports.This database has a complete, international coverage: over 2,000 serials from over 130 countries are scanned for inclusion in the database.
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  • OVID / Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) Database: www.ovid.com
    Source: International Food Information Service (IFIS).
    Subjects: Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition. Abstracts database with 560,000 records. Monthly updated. (PayPerView).
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  • State Policy index : www.asfsa.org
    Source: ASFSA, American School Food Service Association.
    ASFSA has compiled a searchable index of state policies related to issues in child nutrition. Topic choices include food safety, nutrition education, health & safety inspections, nutrition guidelines, and others.
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