nutrition

The author describes the path that took her from being a struggling researcher in the University of California library to being the co-founder of the Institute for Food and Development Policy; presents her findings about the personal and global benefits of eating low on the food chain; and includes a selection of vegetarian recipes.

"A food historian reveals the people and interests that have created and exploited food worries over the years, questioning these "experts" in order to free Americans from the fears that cloud our food choices"--Provided by publisher.

Tours the sections of a typical American supermarket, offers advice on how to make good food choices, with information on reading food labels and definitions of food-related terms, and includes discussion of the marketing practices of big food companies.

Details about food are revealed when examined through a microscope.

Information from publications of several government agencies about food values; nutritional issues and concerns that affect different segments of the population; findings in nutritional research; and how to read food labels mandated by law in 1993.

Explains how graphs can be used to help students learn about better health and understand proper nutrition, describing the different types of graphing that can be used to group data related to food and nutrition.