Editing Human nutrition (section)

=== Government programs ===
Governmental organisations have been working on nutrition literacy interventions in non-primary health care settings to address the nutrition information problem in the U.S. Some programs include:

The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is a free nutrition education program serving low-income adults around the U.S. This program is funded by the Food Nutrition Service's (FNS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) usually through a local state academic institution that runs the program. The FNP has developed a series of tools to help families participating in the [[Food stamp program|Food Stamp Program]] stretch their food dollar and form healthful eating habits including nutrition education.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Guthrie | first1=Joanne F. | last2=Stommes | first2=Eileen | last3=Voichick | first3=Jane | date=January–February 2006 | title=Evaluating Food Stamp Nutrition Education: Issues and Opportunities | url=https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(05)00003-5/fulltext | journal=Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior | volume=38 | issue=1 | pages=6–11 | doi=10.1016/j.jneb.2005.11.001 | pmid=16595272 | access-date=2020-01-03 | archive-date=2022-01-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125210911/https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(05)00003-5/fulltext | url-status=live}}</ref>

[https://web.archive.org/web/20111118025724/http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/efnep/efnep.html Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program] (ENFEP) is a unique program that currently operates in all 50 states and in [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Micronesia]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[Virgin Islands]]. It is designed to assist limited-resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being.

An example of a state initiative to promote nutrition literacy is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120221061109/http://www.smartbodies.org/smart-bodies Smart Bodies], a public-private partnership between the state's largest university system and largest health insurer, Louisiana State Agricultural Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation. Launched in 2005, this program promotes lifelong healthful eating patterns and physically active lifestyles for children and their families. It is an interactive educational program designed to help prevent childhood obesity through classroom activities that teach children healthful eating habits and physical exercise.