oils and fats

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text written in both English and Spanish explain the food pyramid and how eating oils keeps skin healthy.

Simple text and photographs show fats, oils, and sugary foods, and explain how you can make healthy food choices.

"Fatty foods are worrisome to health professionals and consumers alike, and for good reason. Obesity rates are alarming, and people of all ages struggle to control their weight. Many fail to understand, though, that fats are necessary for growth and for maintaining healthy bodies. They cushion and protect vital organs and store reserves of energy. This volume explains for young children both the positive and negative aspects of fat-containing foods. It differentiates the types of fats people consume, notes the links between fats and calories and fats and cholesterol, and addresses such issues as the dangers of dieting by fasting"--Provided by the publisher.

Presents information about the foods which contain fats, oils, and sugar, in simple text with illustrations, and provides suggestion on how to limit intake of these items in daily diets.

Engage readers with simple step-by-step instructions to create fireworks right in their kitchen. Readers are introduced to basic science concepts such as ignition, atoms and molecules, and density.

Text and photographs present sugar and fats that is part of the MyPlate balanced diet and their nutritional importance.

Simple text describes foods high in fat, oil and sugar and how to moderate what you eat for a balanced diet.

A simple explanation of the sources of animal, vegetable, and mineral oils and the uses we make of them.

Photographs and simple text describe the importance of including oils in the diet in order to maintain healthy skin and bones.