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United States Social Security Administration. The Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Press Release. The Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Press Release. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/budget/2008bud.pdf. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/budget/2008bud.pdf.

Weber, Christopher L., and Scott H. Matthews. "Food Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States." Environmental Science and Technology Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (2008): 35083513. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/2008/42/i10/abs/es702969f.html

"White Bread Linked to Diabetes." CBS News, CBS News, November 5, 2004. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/05/health/webmd/main653957.shtml. November 5, 2004. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/05/health/webmd/main653957.shtml.

Wolpert, Stuart. "Dieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers Report." UCLA Newsroom, UCLA Newsroom, July 9, 2008. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Dieting-Does-Not-Work-UCLA-Researchers-7832.aspx?RelNum=7832. July 9, 2008. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Dieting-Does-Not-Work-UCLA-Researchers-7832.aspx?RelNum=7832.

Yang, Sarah. "Nearly One-Third of the Calories in the U.S. Diet Come from Junk Food, Researcher Finds." UC Berkeley News, UC Berkeley News, June 1, 2004. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/01_usdiet.shtml. June 1, 2004. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/01_usdiet.shtml.

DATABASES.

Dietary Reference Intakes. http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/7/300/0.pdf.

FAOSTAT. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Animal production online database FAOSTAT, 2006. http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx.

USDA Agricultural Research Service, Nutrient Data Laboratory. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/.

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----. "Research Project: Dietary Factors Early in Human Development, Health Consequences of Phytochemical Intake." http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/htm?seq_no_115=214234.

USDA Economic Research Service. "Food Availability: Spreadsheets." http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/FoodConsumption/FoodavailSpreadsheets.htm #mtredsu.

----. "The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy." http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/EIB3/EIB3.htm.

----. "Meat Price Spreads." http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/meatprice spreads/.

----. "U.S. Beef and Cattle Industry: Background Statistics and Information." http://www.ers.usda.gov/news/BSECoverage.htm.

----. "Soybeans: Supply, Disappearance, and Price, U.S. 1980/812007/08." http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/ers/89002/Table03.xls.

USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. "Livestock Slaughter 2006 Summary." March 2007. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/na.s.s/Live SlauSu//2000s/2007/LiveSlauSu-03-02-2007.pdf.

----. "Poultry Slaughter." December 2007. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/na.s.s/PoulSlau//2000s/2007/PoulSlau-12-31-2007.pdf.

MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS.

Common Measurements

VOLUME TO VOLUME.

VOLUME TO WEIGHT VOLUME TO WEIGHT.

3 teaspoon = 1 tablespoon .

cup liquid or fat = 2 ounces cup liquid or fat = 2 ounces 4 tablespoons = cup .

cup liquid or fat = 4 ounces cup liquid or fat = 4 ounces 5 1 1/3 tablespoons = tablespoons = 1 1/3 cup cup .

1 cup liquid or fat = 8 ounces 1 cup liquid or fat = 8 ounces 4 ounces = cup .

2 cups liquid or fat = 1 pound 2 cups liquid or fat = 1 pound 8 ounces = 1 cup .

1 cup sugar = 7 ounces 1 cup sugar = 7 ounces 1 cup = pint .

1 cup flour = 5 ounces 1 cup flour = 5 ounces

Metric Equivalencies

LIQUID AND DRY MEASURES.

CUSTOMARY.

METRIC METRIC.

teaspoon .

1.25 milliliters 1.25 milliliters teaspoon .

2.5 milliliters 2.5 milliliters 1 teaspoon .

5 milliliters 5 milliliters 1 tablespoon .

15 milliliters 15 milliliters 1 fluid ounce .

30 milliliters 30 milliliters cup .

60 milliliters 60 milliliters 1/3 cup cup .

80 milliliters 80 milliliters cup .

120 milliliters 120 milliliters 1 cup .

240 milliliters 240 milliliters 1 pint (2 cups) .

480 milliliters 480 milliliters 1 quart (4 cups) .

960 milliliters (0.96 liters) 960 milliliters (0.96 liters) 1 gallon (4 quarts) .

3.84 liters 3.84 liters 1 ounce (by weight) .

28 grams 28 grams pound (4 ounces) .

114 grams 114 grams 1 pound (16 ounces) .

454 grams 454 grams 2.2 pounds .

1 kilogram (1000 grams) 1 kilogram (1000 grams)