LibGuides: LS 103: Nutrition and Health: Menu Project

Menu Planning

Healthy Foods under $1 per serving
Check out the American Heart Association's (AHA) list of healthy and affordable foods.
Healthy Meals Start with Planning
The Mayo Clinic's guide to planning healthy meals and healthy portions.
Menu planning: Eat healthier and spend less
With these tips and tricks from seasoned menu planners, you can eat better and save money.

Prevention's Healing with Vitamins by Prevention Magazine Health Book Staff
Call Number: RM 259 .P74 1996
ISBN: 0875962920
Publication Date: 1996-07-15
The ultimate guide to using Nature's powerhouse nutrients for preventing and curing disease.
Vitamins in the prevention of human Diseases by Wolfgang Herrmann (Editor); Rima Obeid (Editor)
ISBN: 9783110214499
Publication Date: 2011-02-28

About Food Portions: Just Enough for You
Learn about appropriate portions.
How to Use Fruits and Vegetables to Manage Your Weight
A pamphlet from the CDC about healthy eating.
Three Strategies to Prevent Overeating (from HSPH)
Harvard's School of Public Health shares three strategies to prevent overeating.

Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. and Midwest Region
Find sample pricing for mid-western states (Utah will be reasonably similar).
Numbeo Food Prices for Salt Lake City
Find prices for food items in Salt Lake City.
Smith's Weekly Ad
The weekly ad is a great place to find real price information.
Fresh Market Ad
The weekly ad is a great place to find real price information.

Eating Disorders by Roman Espejo (Editor)
Call Number: H 1 .O66eat 2012
ISBN: 9780737757248
Publication Date: 2012-02-10
Book full of essays on a variety of eating disorders and opinions about them.
Overcoming Your Eating Disorder by W. Stuart Agras; Robin Apple
ISBN: 9780195334562
Publication Date: 2007-09-17
A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder, Guided Self Help Workbook

My Plate from US Government
A reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime.
Nutrition Source from Harvard School of Public Health
The Nutrition Source is a leading authority on food and nutrition knowledge, providing science-based guidance for healthy living.
Supertracker
The site from the USDA has some great tools for tracking both food and activity.

Eat, Drink, And Be Healthy : The Harvard Medical School Guide To Healthy Eating by Willett, Walter C.
Call Number: RA 784 .W635 2005
ISBN: 0743266420
Dr. Walter C. Willett gets off to a roaring start by totally dismantling one of the largest icons in health today: the USDA Food Pyramid that we all learn in elementary school.
Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
Call Number: RC 552 .C65 W36 2007b
ISBN: 9780553384482
Publication Date: 2007-08-28
A food psychologist identifies hidden factors, motivations, and cues that cause overeating and offers practical solutions to help avoid these hidden traps and enjoy food without putting on excess pounds.