Today is World AIDS Day, and I’ve added many new resources to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS:

World AIDS Day 2011 is a photo gallery from the Sacramento Bee.

HIV and Aids: interactive timeline of a global crisis is from The Guardian.

World AIDS Day 2011 is a slideshow from The Boston Globe.

The Graying of AIDS is a TIME slideshow.

AIDS treatment: Global leaders recommit to AIDS fight is an interactive from The Associated Press.

The Photo That Changed The Face Of AIDS is from NPR.

December 1st is recognized internationally as World AIDS Day.

I’ve just updated The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS.

Additional suggestions are welcome….

I have a fairly extensive “The Best…” list called The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety.

Today, The New York Times published a fascinating article titled Is Junk Food Cheaper? It’s not accessible to English Language Learners, but it includes a lot of important information that teachers might want to modify to share with students. Here’s an excerpt that particularly struck me:

…the engineering behind hyperprocessed food makes it virtually addictive. A 2009 study by the Scripps Research Institute indicates that overconsumption of fast food “triggers addiction-like neuroaddictive responses” in the brain, making it harder to trigger the release of dopamine. In other words the more fast food we eat, the more we need to give us pleasure; thus the report suggests that the same mechanisms underlie drug addiction and obesity.

I’m adding the article to that “The Best…” list.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has teamed-up with the University of Wisconsin to create a pretty impressive interactive infographic ranking every county in the United States of a variety of health factors.

You can also read more about it at the Wall Street Journal, which has an article and infographic comparing rural and city counties.

Here are the newest additions to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS:

AIDS Treatment: Search For The Elusive Cure is an Associated Press interactive.

The fight against AIDS, 30 years on is a chart from The Economist.

Emory University has introduced AIDSVu, an interactive map that provides a detailed view of the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States by state and county

The United States Agriculture Department has now replaced the Food Pyramid with “My Plate.”

You can read about the change at The Christian Science Monitor. More importantly, you can access online interactive tools and printables at the My Plate site. You can also see an interesting Wall Street Journal slideshow documenting the history of the government’s efforts to help the public learn about nutrition.

I’m adding all these resources to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety.

Weight of the world is a fascinating interactive infographic from The Washington Post that lets you see how people in different countries have gained weight over the past thirty years.

Thanks to Flowing Data for the tip.

I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety.

“Dangers Of Obesity” is a well-done infographic from a Florida newspaper.

I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety.

The Salt Hiding in Your Diet is an interactive from the Wall Street Journal that shows…where you wouldn’t think you’d find salt in your diet.

I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety.

“The Quest For A Vaccine” is a Wall Street Journal interactive timeline of the quest for an HIV vaccine.

I’m adding it to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS.