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The National Academies Press

National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the reports of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year providing authoritative, independently-researched information on important matters in science and health policy.

NAP ebooks can now be downloaded for free. This includes many books on food nutrition. Check out a few of the titles available below:

Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research By 2030 by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publication Date: 2019
cience Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030 identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of relatively new scientific developments across all disciplines that could accelerate progress toward these goals.
A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System by Malden C. Nesheim (Editor); Maria Oria (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System describes the U.S. food system and provides a brief history of its evolution into the current system. This report identifies some of the real and potential implications of the current system in terms of its health, environmental, and socioeconomic effects along with a sense for the complexities of the system, potential metrics, and some of the data needs that are required to assess the effects.
Global Harmonization of Methodological Approaches to Nutrient Intake Recommendations by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Ann L. Yaktine (Editor); Leslie Pray (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop in September 2017 to explore the evidence for achieving global harmonization of methodological approaches to establishing nutrient intake recommendations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.