Healthy Living for Elders: Reliable Nutrition and Health Resources
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Healthy Living for Elders: Reliable Nutrition and Health Resources

   

Healthy Living for Elders: Reliable Nutrition and Health Resources1

Linda B. Bobroff2

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Just about every day we hear or see something in the news, in magazines, or on the radio or TV, about nutrition and health. But how much of what we hear or read can we believe? Sometimes its hard for consumers to decide which information is reliable. And its smart to be skeptical since there is lots of nutrition misinformation out there. Here are a few reliable sources of food, nutrition, and health information.

Chronic Disease, Nutrition, and Health Issues

American Cancer Society: 1-800-227-2345 (English/Spanish)

American Diabetes Association: 1-800-232-3472

American Heart Association: 1-800-242-8721

American Institute for Cancer Research: 1-800-843-8114 (English/Spanish)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),

National Health Information Center: 1-800-336-4797 (English/Spanish)

Food Safety

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Meat and Poultry Hotline: 1-800-535-4555 (English/Spanish)

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Food Information & Seafood Hotline: 1-800-332-4010

Consumer Protection and Elder Services

Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Consumer Helpline for StateplaceFlorida:

1-800-435-7352 (English/Spanish)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC): 1-877-382-4357 (English/Spanish)

Florida Department of Elder Affairs: 1-800-963-5337 (English/Spanish)

You also can call your local Extension office, listed in the blue pages of your telephone book under county government; the Family and Consumer Sciences agent can answer your questions or refer you to other reliable sources.

Footnotes

1. La version en español de este folleto es Vida Saludable: Fuentes de Información Confiable (FCS8586-SPAN). This leaflet, FCS8586, was developed with funding from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs in partnership with state, county, and local agencies. First published: March 2000. Revised: April 2006. Please visit the EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu

2. Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, professor, Foods and Nutrition, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.


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