Vida Saludable para Personas de Edad: Fuentes de Información Confiable
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Vida Saludable para Personas de Edad: Fuentes de Información Confiable

   

Vida Saludable para Personas de Edad: Fuentes de Información Confiable1

Linda B. Bobroff2

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Casi todos los días escuchamos o vemos algo en las noticias, en revistas, en la radio o en la televisión acerca de la nutrición y la salud. Pero ¿cuánto de lo que escuchamos o leemos podemos creer? Es difícil para los consumidores saber cuál información es confiable. Debemos ser desconfiados porque hoy día existe mucha información errónea sobre la nutrición. Las siguientes son fuentes confiables de información sobre los alimentos, la nutrición y la salud.

Condiciones Crónicas, Nutrición y Asuntos de la Salud

Sociedad Americr 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)

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

1-800-435-7352 (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 Florida:

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)

Footnotes

1. La version en español de este volante 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: February 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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