nutrition

Examines the major vitamins and minerals, their functions, sources, proper daily dosages, and deficiency symptoms.

This book describes different kinds of diets, such as diets to help manage a disease, the Mediterranean diet, several types of vegetarian diets, diets to avoid food allergies, and balanced diets avoiding fast foods.

This book describes how to create a healthy, balanced lifestyle, discussing food as a source of energy, eating a variety of healthy foods, staying active, listening to your thirst, tracking your food, and managing your energy balance.

Simple text and photographs present the foods that are part of the vegetable group and their nutritional importance.

Introduces children to the importance of a healthy diet, and discusses balanced meals, grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy, proteins, fats, liquids, and more.

Color photos accompany simple text on the four food groups and the importance of eating a balanced diet.

Discusses the five food groups that are essential to a healthy diet and how to determine how much of each to eat.

Describes different kinds of vitamins and minerals, what foods provide these nutrients, and how they are used by the body.

Readers learn that eating lots of butter, ice cream, cookies, and cake does not contribute to a balanced diet.