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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, on the Internet, or on the radio or TV, about nutrition and health. But how much of what we hear or read can we believe? Sometimes it’s hard for consumers to decide which information is reliable, and it’s smart to be skeptical since there is a lot 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: 1-800-342-2383 (English/Spanish)

American Heart Association: 1-800-242-8721 (English/Spanish)

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: 1-888-674-6854 (English/Spanish)

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Information Line (for products that do not contain meat/poultry): 1-888-SAFEFOOD

(1-888-723-3366) or 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 Elder Helpline: 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

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La versión en español de este documento es Vida Saludable: Fuentes de Información Confiable (FCS8586span). This document, FCS8586-Eng, is one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. First published: March 2000. Latest Revision: June 2008. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu1. edu.

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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.