Fats and Health

Organizations...

American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

International Food Information Council. Resources on Dietary Fats. http://ific.org/publications/other/dietaryfatsresources.cfm

International Food Information Council. Dietary Fats and Fat Replacers. http://www.ific.org/nutrition/fats/index.cfm

National Cholesterol Education Program. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep/index.htm

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/

Online Articles and Resources for Fitting Fats Into a Healthy Lifestyle...

American Heart Association (2004). Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726

Colorado State University (2004). Absorption of Lipids. http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/smallgut/absorb_lipids.html

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005: Executive Summary. http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/executivesummary.htm

FDA/EPA (2004). What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish. 2004 EPA and FDA Advice For: Women Who Might Become Pregnant, Women Who are Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, Young Children. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg3.html

Indiana University (2003). Change a Behavior, Change Your Life. http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/011604/text/health.shtml

International Food Information Council (2006). Fish and Your Health. http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/fishbroch.cfm

International Food Information Council (2003). Highway to Health: Cruising For Accurate Information On The Web. http://www.ific.org/foodinsight/2003/so/highwayfi503.cfm

International Food Information Council. (2006). Food & Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes toward Food, Nutrition & Health. http://www.ific.org/research/foodandhealthsurvey.cfm

Mayo Clinic (2006). Dietary fats: Know which types to choose. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NU00262

NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Guide to Behavior Change. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/behavior.htm

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans; Part E: Translating the Science into Dietary Guidance, Table E-16 Strategies for Decreasing Saturated Fat Intake http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/report/HTML/table_e16.htm

Rollnick, S. and Miller, W.R. (1995). What is MI? (Motivational Interviewing) http://motivationalinterview.org/clinical/whatismi.html

WebMD. Overcoming barriers to changing eating behavior. http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/ug2138.asp

Zimmerman, G.L., Olsen, C.G, and Bosworth, M.F. Ameriam Family Physician. (2000). A 'Stages of Change' Approach to Helping Patients Change Behavior. http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000301/1409.html

Online Articles and Resources for Current Topics in Fats and Health...

American Diabetes Association. Bringing down Your Cholesterol with a Healthy Meal Plan. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-cholesterol/meal-plan.jsp

American Heart Association.(2004). Phytochemicals and Cardiovascular Disease. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4722

American Heart Association (2004). Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726

American Heart Association (2004). Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=235

American Heart Association Nutrition Committee. Lichtenstein, AH et al. (2006) Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee. Circulation. 2006 Jul 4;114(1):e27. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/114/1/82

American Institute for Cancer Research. (2004). How Omega-3 Fats May Protect Against Cancer. http://www.aicr.org/site/News2?abbr=pub_&page=NewsArticle&id=7629

Aninoro, L. (2005). Defending Against Disease With an Anti-Inflammation Lifesyle. http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/35320/35327/412005.html?d=dmtHMSContent

Bauman, D.E. (2005). Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA): A Unique Group of Fatty Acids. http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/bauman/index.htm

Belch, L. and Hill, A. (2000). Evening primrose oil and borage oil in rheumatologic conditions. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/71/1/352S

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. (2004). How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label . http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

Colorado State University (2004). Absorption of Lipids. http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/smallgut/absorb_lipids.html

Diwan, J. (2004). Lipoproteins: Digestion and Transport. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/bcbp/molbiochem/MBWeb/mb2/part1/lipoprot.htm

FDA. (2004). Revealing Trans Fats. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html

International Food Information Council. (2003). Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Plant Stanols and Sterols. http://ific.org/publications/factsheets/sterolfs.cfm

International Food Information Council (2005). Fitting Dietary Fats into a Healthful Diet—A Consumer Point of View. http://www.ific.org/research/fatsres.cfm

International Food Information Council. (2005). IFIC Review: Sorting Out the Facts About Dietary Fats. http://www.ific.org/publications/reviews/fatir.cfm

Logan, C. (2004) Omega-3 fatty acids and major depression: A primer for the mental health professionals. Lipids in Health and Disease 2004, 3:35. http://www.lipidworld.com/content/3/1/25

MayoClinic.com. (2005). Omega-3 fatty acids, fish oil, alpha-linolenic acid. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=17D4C06F-508B-D3DD-1703236F9E03A009

McDonald, H.B. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. (2000). Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Disease Prevention: A Review of Current Knowledge. http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_2/111S

Mozaffarian, D., et al. (2004). Dietary intake of trans fatty acids and systemic inflammation in women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004, 79:606-612. Accessed from Nutrition Research Newsletter: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0887/is_4_23/ai_n6073259.

National Dairy Council. (2000). Emerging Health Benefits of CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/NationalDairyCouncil/Health/Digest/dcd71-4Page1.htm

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Welcome to the Cyber Kitchen. http://nhlbisupport.com/chd1/create.htm

National Institutes of Health. (2005). Colorectal Cancer Prevention. http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/colorectal/Patient/page2

Richards, L. (2007). Arthritis Today: Omega-3s Revealed.
http://www.arthritis.org/omega-3s-revealed.php

Simopoulos, A. P. (2002). Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 21, No. 6, 495-505. Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases. http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/21/6/495

United States Department of Agriculture (2005). Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005: Executive Summary: http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/executivesummary.htm

US Department of Agriculture (2005). Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans; Part E: Translating the Science into Dietary Guidance, Table E-16

Van Epps, H.L.(2004). Inflammation control gets fishy. Journal of Experimental Medicine 2004, 201: 662. http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/full/201/5/662

Online Assessment Tools for Fitting Fats into a Healthy Lifestyle...

American Heart Assocation. Global Risk Calculator American Heart Association. http://www.s2mw.com/aha/globalrisk.aspx

Berkeley Nutrition Services. Fat Screener. http://www.nutritionquest.com/freetools/fat_screener.htm

Locus of Control Web Survey. http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch11/survey11.mhtml

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Welcome to the Cyber Kitchen. http://nhlbisupport.com/chd1/create.htm

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Create-a-Diet Activity. http://nhlbisupport.com/cgi-bin/chd1/diet2.cgi

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. NHLBI - Portion Distortion Quizzes. http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/

Nutrition Analysis Tool. http://nat.crgq.com/index.html

Online Research Tools for Current Topics in Fats and Health...

MEDLINE has a News link to health news for the past 30 days and a Current Health News section,

Healthfinder® has a Health News section with links, and

Health on the Net Foundation has a Daily News link.

Google Scholar will connect you to journal articles and current research.