nutrition

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.

Identifies obesity as a health crisis of epidemic proportions in the United States, discusses the role of fast food and supersizing in perpetuating the problem, and offers advice on how to make healthier choices.

Provides information designed to help young people make smart choices about food, nutrition, and lifestyle, discussing options, potential consequences, and steps to good health.

Offers advice on nutrition for children and includes discussion on reading labels and recipes.

Discusses the importance of making healthy food choices, describing some of the good and bad additives in food such as chemicals and bacteria, looking at the information contained on food labels, offering ideas for healthy eating, and including recipes.

Discusses what water and fiber are, what foods they can be found in, and how the body absorbs, digests, and uses these ingredients.

Discusses what vitamins and minerals are, how they are digested, absorbed, and used by the body, and the role of these substances in a healthy diet.

Discusses the importance of protein to the human body, explains what protein is, and examines where it comes from, how it is digested and used by the body, and the consequences of too much or too little protein.

Describes what carbohydrates are, what types of foods contain them, how they are digested and used to produce energy, and their role in a healthy diet.

Discusses what fats are, how they are absorbed and stored in the body, how the body uses fats, and health problems caused by fats.