Presents overviews of the components of nutrition, such as carbohydrates, fiber, and protein, explaining what they do for the body and discussing the effects of deficiencies, and describes a healthy diet.
Explains what processed food is and how it is made, discusses some of the health risks associated with eating processed foods, and offers guidelines for making healthy food choices.
Explains what fast food is and how it is produced, discusses some of the health risks associated with eating fast food, and offers guidelines for making healthy food choices.
Outlines through the use of text and photographs how vitamins and minerals are used in the body and explains the potential dangers and benefits of megadoses.
Explores the issues surrounding obesity. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
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.
Presents a program designed to help people make informed choices about how and what they eat to improve health and well-being, providing basic facts about nutrition, advice on making decisions about dieting, and weekly menus with eighty-five recipes.
