convenience foods

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convenience foods

Real food

the co$t of convenience
Follows the history of the post-World War II flight to convenient, processed foods. Illustratrates how much we pay, in both dollars and nutrition, when we buy processed foods. Shows how buying local products, fresh ingredients, and raw foods will impact health as well as wallets.

Navigating your school cafeteria and convenience store

Explains how to make healthy choices when purchasing meals in a school cafeteria or food items in a convenience store.

Healthy fast foods

Explains how to make healthier choices when at fast food restaurants.

Fast food and junk food

an encyclopedia of what we love to eat
Examines the power of junk food and fast food, the influence of the companies that manufacture or sell them, and their alarming affect on the country's state of health.

Fast food workshop

building a menu of quick dishes
2024
"This book provides information needed to get started on a career in the fast-food and fast-casual industries. Included are the history and cultural significance of fast food; kitchen tools, terms, and techniques; and career paths in the fast-food and fast-casual industries. Step-by-step recipes help readers practice and apply what they've learned. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards"--Publisher.

The truth about fast food

2017
Discusses why fast food is not good for human health.

Be smart about snack foods

2023
"Readers are given the tools to be smarter snackers as they find the facts about a variety of common snack foods. . . . Readers also discover questions at the end of each chapter designed to get them thinking critically about nutrition"--Provided by publisher.

Hooked

food, free will, and how the food giants exploit our addictions
2022
"An . . . account of the legal battles, insidious marketing campaigns, and cutting-edge food science that have brought us to our current public health crisis. Hooked lays out all that the food industry is doing to exploit and deepen our addictions, and shows us what we can do so that we can one again seize control"--Provided by publisher.

The truth behind soft drinks

"Soft drinks have been in the news a lot lately, with many cities around the United States trying to minimize the intake of soda among their citizens. Readers will learn why there is such a backlash against soda. These sugary drinks are a favorite among people of all ages, but drinking too much is unhealthy. The solution may seem to be to drink diet soda or sugar-free options, but even these have problems. Readers will be armed with the knowledge of what soft drinks do to the body, and the impact of what they are really drinking"--Amazon.com.

French fries

2020
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to french fries. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

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