Research Links


California 5 a day - for Better Health! Campaign

Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

Cook it Quick!! - Lancaster County Extension Service

Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition

Balance Mind, Body and Soul

Shaping America's Youth

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute


Nebraska Physical Activity & Nutrition State Plan:  Promoting Healthy Weight & Preventing Chronic Disease 

 "Promoting Family Meals" project 

 USDA/Economic Research Service       
      Food Security in the United States        
      Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity: 1976-2002

CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Inventory of Qualitative Research 

2007 School Foods Report Card from the Center for Science in the Public Interest

Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Schools:  Internet Resources

A National Survey of the Types and Extent of the Marketing of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value in Schools, report of Arizona State University, September, 2006 

USDA Nutrition Information for Raw Fruits, Vegetables and Fish, free downloadable posters

Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity - 2007 Annual Report

Access to Healthy Foods in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Opportunities for Public Policy, a Rudd Report, Fall, 2008

The Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health

2007 SMART BRFSS Data and Prevalence Tables and 2007 BRFSS Maps Now Available - BRFSS data can be used to identify emerging health problems, establish and track health objectives, and develop and evaluate public health policies and programs.

UNL mapping of food sources in Nebraska