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MS. GREENWOOD'S PROJECTS

FOODS 11/12

LIFESTYLE AND NUTRITION-RELATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS


RESOURCES:In addition to the print resources available through WEBCAT, the library's catalogue, you will want to check out the following excellent resources:

E-Books (Van Tech Library ID and Password Required)
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z


Databases Available Through WEBCAT
:  (Van Tech Library ID and Password Required)
  • Consumer Health Complete

Web Sites
Scroll down to the Health and Medicine section of Van Tech Library's science resources page.  The two best bets for this assignment are Medpedia and Medline Plus.       



FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS PAMPHLET PROJECT

Picture
Diverse e-coli bacteria. Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
To use a Microsoft Word 2010 brochure template, go to "File", then "New", then "Brochures and Booklets"

To create your bibliography--"Works Cited"--use EasyBib

Use reliable sources for this project.  Some good choices are: 
1)   books on the trolley
2)  the following Web sources:
  • The Health and Medicine section of Van Tech Library's science resource pages.  Some of the most useful sites on this list are:  Food Insight (including Food Safety: We're All in this Together); Medline Plus; Medpedia
  • Food Safety: Public Health Agency of Canada (includes Canadian statistics for a number of illnesses)
  • Fight Bac : Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education
  • Food Safety (Government of Canada)
  • Healthy Canadians : Food (Government of Canada)
  • befoodsafe.ca
  • Causes of Food Poisoning (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
  • Health: Diseases and Health Conditions (Statistics Canada)  Use the search box to find the condition you are researching.  Click on the appropriate table and then on the "Add/Remove" data tab to get death rates for specific illnesses.
  • FoodSafety.gov (U.S. portal for information on all aspects of food safety)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Diseases and Conditions
More specific resources might also be useful:
  • Poultry Safety (Health Canada)
  • Produce Safety (Health Canada)
  • Unpasteurized Fruit Juice and Cider (Health Canada)
  • Tip Sheet for Raw Milk (Health Canada)
  • Food Safety Tips for Sprouts (Health Canada)
  • Safe Internal Cooking Temperatures (Health Canada)