Mobile Applications

There are softwares designed for Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and mobile phones that might help you keep yourself up-to-date efficiently about your own medical condition.

ABC of Nutrition

• Description: "This well established introduction to nutrition and special diets has been fully updated and revised for general practitioners, dieticians, nurses, and all junior medical staff."

Calorie Tracker Pro

• Description: "Nutritional tracker that is simple and efficient."

CarbsControl Carb Tracker

• Description: "Carbs & nutrition information for 80,000 items including 300 fast food places & restaurants."

FDA Guide to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins

• Description: "Prepared by Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and known as The "Bad Bug Book", this essential mobile reference brings together in one place information on foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health."

iNutrition Calculator

• Description: "iNutrition Calculator is free mobile nutrition calculator application which is specially designed to facilitate your dieting and life-style needs by calculating five most basic nutritional requirements for our body on daily basis."

Lose It!

• Description: "Succeed at weight loss with Lose It! Set goals and establish a daily calorie budget that enables you to meet them. Stay on track each day by recording your food and exercise and staying within your budget."

Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care

• Description: "Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care, Fifth Edition is the perfect rapid-access resource for busy nutritionists and dieticians and is ideally suited for labs and clinical rotations. This application is a quick solution with recommendations and quick reference for over 360 diseases with support from research and practice to define how medical nutrition therapy should be planned."

Pediatric Nutrition Handbook

• Description: "Pediatric Nutrition Handbook reflects scientific insights into how nutrition influences and directs growth and development from infancy through adolescents, as well as immediate and long-term health. Updated to reflect the latest information available, and summaries of the current position statements and guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition. This latest update is based on the 6th edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates!"