nutrition

"Focuses on teen nutrition and helps students understand the five biggest food mistakes made by most teenagers"--Container.

Featuring registered dietitian Joan O?Keefe, co-author of The Forever Young Diet & Lifestyle. Joan's presentation is dynamic, but her advice to kids is simple: eat good things first! This informed new title is in keeping with the current Food Pyramid guidelines and outlines a scientifically based nutritious diet that promotes a lean body, forceful muscles, strong bones, an aerobically fit heart, and a good immune system. Kids will find the basic principles practical and easy to follow.

A guide to making good nutrition choices.

Discusses the importance of good nutrition for doing well at sports and in school.

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

Explains how nutrition affects weight, how to determine what overweight is, how to change diet to affect weight, what healthy snacks are, and more.

Explains how food labels should be read and why, and covers serving size, understanding calories, and what the body needs.

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

Explains why many readily available snack foods are unhealthy, what foods are healthy snacks, and how to keep junk food and calories in check.

Explains how to find ways to enjoy eating out while making healthy choices.