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	Nutrition Screening Initiative from the AAFP URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/980301ap/edits.html ODP description: Nutrition checklist designed to alert individuals, family members, and phsicians to conditions that may lead to malnutrition, particularly in the aged. Page title: Editorials - March 1, 1998 - American Academy of Family Physicians
	Rice Bran Health Benefits URL: http://www.branfacts.com ODP description: Links to studies investigating the potential of rice bran to alleviate high cholesterol, diabetes, malnutrition, intestinal cancer, and constipation. Page title: BranFacts.com - Rice Bran Health and Nutrition Information Online Page description: Stabilized rice bran and rice bran oil facts, history, benefits, manufacturers, sources, extracts and information
	Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (WHO) URL: http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/trs916/en/ ODP description: An independent expert report on the relationship of diet, nutrition and physical activity to chronic diseases issued jointly by FAO and WHO in 2003. Contains link to full PDF report for download. Page title: WHO \| Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases
	Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH URL: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf ODP description: Detailed consumer brochure on the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan. Includes a full week DASH menu and recipes. From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
	Food Issues in Human and Veterinary Medicine URL: http://dogtorj.tripod.com/ ODP description: This site addresses the vital relationship between foods and the diseases that plague mankind and their pets, including allergies and autoimmune disorders. Page title: DogtorJ.com Page description: Food issues in human and veterinary medicine and how they relate to conditions such as epilepsy, allergies, ADHD, autoimmune disorders, pain syndromes (fibromyalgia), and much, much more.
	Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children URL: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;121/1/183 ODP description: A revised update on the role of early dietary factors in the prevention of atopic disease (atopic dermatitis, asthma, food allergy) in infants and children. From the American Academy of Pediatrics. Page title: Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Hydrolyzed Formulas -- Greer et al. 121 (1): 183 -- AAP Policy
	CalciumÂ Recommendations for Osteoporosis Prevention URL: http://www.nof.org/prevention/calcium2.htm ODP description: Discusses the role of dietary and supplemented calcium in prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures. From the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF). Page title: NOF Osteoporosis Prevention - Calcium Recommendations Page description: Getting enough calcium, whether through diet or supplements, is essential to maintaining bone strength and can play a vital role in preventing osteoporosis-related fractures.
	Osteoporosis Online: Prevention: Calcium and Vitamin D URL: http://www.osteoporosis.ca/english/About%20Osteoporosis/Nutrition/Vitamin%20D/default.asp?s=1 ODP description: Provides information on the relationship between calcium and osteoporosis. Explores supplements, vegetarian diets, and how to maximize calcium intake through diet. Page title: Vitamin D
	Prevention of Osteoporosis URL: http://www.osteoporosisfaqs.com/preventing_osteoporosis.htm ODP description: A summary of recommendations for osteoporosis prevention with an emphasis on bio-identical hormones. Page title: Guidelines to Aid in the Prevention of Osteoporosis Page description: With family history and genetics playing a role in the possibility of you contracting osteoporosis, nor a certain cause to name by physicians and scientists, it is not possible to give you guidelines that will 100% prevent you from contracting osteoporosis, however this list of guidelines has been researched and proven to be effective in increasing your chances of resisting this often debilitating disease.
	NutritionMD URL: http://www.nutritionmd.org/ ODP description: Offers nutrition information and advice for specific medical conditions for consumers and health care providers. Operated by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Page title: NutritionMD.org :: NutritionMD Home