nutrition

This title addresses controversies related to dietary supplements, including: how should dietary supplements be regulated; are vitamin and mineral supplements beneficial; are weight-loss supplements and athletic supplements beneficial; how well do supplements treat different medical conditions.

What great STEM job may be waiting for you? Learn all about food chemists, dieticians, and the farmers who grow the food we eat. How and what animals eat to ensure our meat is healthy, how fertilizers play a part in the safety of our fruits and vegetables, and how what you eat plays an important role in your health.

Identifies obesity as a health crisis of epidemic proportions in the United States, provides information about calories and nutrients, and discusses the role of fast food in perpetuating the weight problem, with advice on how to fight the fast food habit.

Presents a twelve week program for weight loss and fitness, and includes information on nutrition, exercise, emotional well-being, and advice on transitioning into a healthy lifestyle. Includes photographs, illustrations, and exercise and calorie tables.

Explains how people can improve their eating patterns and control their weight by following six steps and overcoming every obstacle of the modern nutritional environment.

Simple text and photographs explore the food groups and how eating different kinds of protein provides nutritional benefits to the body.

Simple text and photographs explore the food groups and how eating different kinds of grains provide nutritional benefits to the body.

Simple text and photographs explore the food groups and how eating different kinds of dairy provides nutritional benefits to the body.

Introduces the four food groups and explains the importance of a healthy diet.