Site of the Day for Thursday, February 19, 2004 National Nutrition Month Gentle Subscribers seeking a traditional and reliable source of nutrition guidance need look no further than today's site from the American Dietetic Association. In support of National Nutrition Month coming up in March, the association has prepared a helpful web page to provide up-to-date information to the public. "National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign ... designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. NNM also promotes ADA and its members to the public and the media as the most valuable and credible source of timely, scientifically based food and nutrition information." - from the website The site presents an excellent and comprehensive range of materials, including a graphic of the food pyramid. The heart of this website is the section entitled "Nutrition Fact Sheets". These cover a host of topics such as "Special Needs", "Weight Management" and "Fats, Oils and Sweeteners", among others. Discover advice for preventing and managing type 2 diabetes, a primer on fats and oils, data on lactose intolerance and aspartame among the dozens of helpful fact sheets. Graze over to the site for an excellent source of information on "Nutrition for Everyone" at: http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_11422.cfm A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.