Human Nutrition

Encyclopedias, reference books, and full text reports

Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective  World Cancer Research Fond/American Institute for Cancer Research's Second Expert Report. The report can be downloaded for free by registration.

the report sets out recommendations for cancer prevention based on a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence in this area.

 

Selected websites

Denmark

Fødevarestyrelsen (Danish Veterinary and Food Administration).

Information, legislation, regulations, publications in the areas of nutrition, diet, food safety etc. Mainly in Danish.

 

Fødevareinstituttet (National Food Institute).

Information, reports and other publications in full text in the areas of nutrition, diet, dietary habits, dietary guidelines, food safety etc. Mainly in Danish.

 

The website of Motions- og Ernæringsrådet (Danish Nutrition Council)

provides free access to excellent full text reports in the areas of dietary habits, food consumption, dietary guidelines, physical activity, nutrition and health. Most reports are in Danish with English summaries. The council has been closed down by the Danish government.

 

Alt om kost 

is a gateway on food, diet and nutrition produced by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen). Only in Danish.

 

Food of LIFE 

is a gateway to information on food, diet, nutrition and health, produced by the scientists at the Faculty of Life Sciences.

 

Food composition

Fødevaredatabanken (Danish Food Composition Databank)

is a database with the nutrient contents of Danish foods.

 

Norfoods

Food composition tables from the Nordic countries.

 

General websites

The nutrition website of the World Health Organization (WHO).

 

Nutrition information 

from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

 

Free full text reports and publications from the Nordic Council in the area of food safety, diet, nutrition etc.