Storing Your Personal Information
In order to protect your privacy, your personal information and food selection information are stored only locally on your computer. The Internet browser you use determines where this information is stored on your computer. Different Internet browsers - such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer - store information known as "cookies" in different places. If you access this site while using one type of browser, then other browsers will not be able to "recall" your information when you return here. So remember to use the same Internet browser when you return.

Additionally, if you use different computers to access this site, such as one at home and one at work, then information stored locally on one computer will not be available for processing when you access this site from another computer.

FAQ
To view Frequently Asked Questions and Answers, click here.

Session Time-out
Another property of this site that is common to most Internet sites is that your session will "time out" after a certain period of inactivity. We have set this site to allow up to around 45 minutes of inactivity, which should be plenty of time for you to make your selections and review your results. If your session times out, simply click on the screen where indicated and you can resume where you left off. Bear in mind that your food selections are saved on your computer as soon as you make them and that the quantities you enter must be processed at least once in order to be saved.

Contact Us
USDA is very excited about the Interactive Healthy Eating Index. We hope that you’ll visit this site often, become more aware of your diet quality, and follow the advice provided in the nutritional messages. We welcome your comments and suggestions; you can send email to IHEIsupport@cnpp.usda.gov.