This new service from diet.com allows anyone, from any phone that has text messaging capabilities, to "query" a restaurant name and menu item to receive nutrition information for that food item. Try it out! send a text message to 34381 (diet1) with something like "mcdonalds big mac" and behold the information in your hands! Best of all - its FREE!

A Purdue University expert says food safety this holiday season should start with soap."It's cold season," said Laura Palmer, a Cooperative Extension Service specialist in foods and nutrition and a registered dietitian.

How can you eat healthy without going broke? To find out, MSN Health & Fitness sought help from nutritionist Lynn Smith, a registered dietitian and owner of Source Nutrition services in Boulder, Colo. Our mission: To see if a single person can eat a healthy and predominantly organic foods diet on $7 a day. That’s $50 a week, $200 a month.

Epicurious reviewed five nationwide diet-delivery services to determine how they stack up. I guess diet food can taste great. Here's a taste of how it all went down. 1. eDiets Deliciously Yours 2. ZoneChefs 3. PureFoods Low Carb 4. Jenny Craig Craig's Direct 5. NutrisystemeDiets won in best, both in taste and nutrition.

Sprint has come up with an interesting service; take pix of your food, upload it to your MyFoodPhone account, and every two weeks get feedback from a nutritional advisor.

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was established in August 8, 1969. FNS is the Federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. It administers the programs through its Headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; Regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number amongst USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest. ServicesFNS products and services enhance the lives of one in five Americans; its main products and services include:commodities supplied as: prepared meals that are served at congregate feeding sites; food packages that may be used for home consumption; and disaster relief assistance;food assistance through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards; nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals and snacks; vouchers; and, fresh, locally grown produce;nutrition education and promotion materials and presentations delivered by expert staff and senior managers; andfood safety and security efforts, technical assistance and informational materials. Nutrition assistance programsThese products and services are provided to customers through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs:Food Stamp Program (FSP)National School Lunch Program (NSLP)School Breakfast Program (SBP)Special Milk Program (SMP)Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)Pacific Island Assistance ProgramNutrition Assistance Block Grants, including Nutrition Assistance for Puerto RicoFresh Fruit and Vegetable ProgramIn the United States, the lunches that are subsidized by the NSLP are nearly ubiquitous in public schools. The program has operated since 1946.The FNS is in charge of the national "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign which encourages Americans (more specifically, children and teens) to follow the healthy eating guidelines set by MyPyramid. The spokescharacter of the "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign is Power Panther.