The Numbers: Calories, BMI, and Portion Sizes

by Kyle A. Crockett

Overview

Nutrition can be complicated. How do you know what foods are healthy and what aren't? How much should you eat? What's a healthy portion size? How many calories do you need? Do you weigh just the right amount—or are you underweight or overweight? Keeping track of how much you eat, weigh, and exercise can help you make the right choices. Discover how knowing the numbers—calories, BMI, weight, and more—is a big part of staying fit and healthy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422289457
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Understanding Nutrition: A Gateway to Ph
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	6 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 The Numbers Behind the Food We Eat 9

2 Calories In and Calories Out 19

3 How Much Is Too Much? 27

4 Keeping Track of the Numbers 37

Find Out More 46

Index 47

About the Author & Consultant and Picture Credits 48

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
Gr 7 Up—Rather than preach about good nutrition, these books offer visually appealing, conversational, and practical takes on healthy eating in a variety of settings. They address smart choices in the school cafeteria, convenience stores, restaurants, and fast-food joints, as well as eating for optimum sports and academic performance. The authors arm teens with good information on the physical and mental impact of healthy food, calorie intake, body-mass index, portion sizes, and reading labels. They also advocate a "healthy eating is a lifelong process" approach, encouraging right decisions while acknowledging that temptations exist. Readers can come to this set with little prior knowledge. The volumes are slim, but the large pages contain user-friendly graphics, text boxes, and color photos that pop. Appetizing presentations with sustenance.

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