Liaison Librarian
Devon Olson
Contact:
Hours (virtual):
Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Available by appointment
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
1301 N Columbia Road
Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Available by appointment
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
1301 N Columbia Road
701-777-4828
resources concerning food, nutrition, and obesity
Cultural Foodways
American Indian Health and Diet Project - Includes traditional indigenous recipes
Native American Ethnobotany Database - A database of plants used as drugs, foods, dyes, fibers, and more, by native Peoples of North America, cross-referenced with the USDA Plants Database
Obesity and healthy eating
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) - Catalogue of existing surveillance systems that contain data relevant to childhood obesity research. It includes local, state, and national systems that provide data at multiple levels.
Hunger and Obesity - Understanding hunger and obesity and the role for school-based health care. From the Center for School, Health and Education.
Supporting Healthy Food and Activity Environments - Prevention Institute
Texas Obesity Research Center :: University of Houston
Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity A Bridge-building Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Practices - This toolkit has been developed for primary care practices to manage obesity. It provides tools and concepts that have been informed by the real world of six primary care practices in three rural Oregon communities. Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) by Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute.
Obesity resource page - Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - a resource page combining links to resources on obesity from various government and non-governmental health agencies, including the National Library of Medicine, the American Public Health Association, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, among others.