Dairy On Myplate

"Simple text and photos describe USDA's MyPlate tool and healthy dairy choices for children"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces dairy's role in the MyPlate guidelines, how to add dairy to meals and snacks, and recommended daily amounts.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Eating a balanced diet is important. Healthy foods give you energy to learn and play. Do you know what the five food groups are? Or how much food from each group you need to stay healthy? Read this book to find out! Using the MyPlate diagram, this helpful book introduces the five food groups, appropriate serving sizes, and how to eat a balanced and nutritious diet. What's on My Plate? will motivate kids to eat well and also includes a hands-on activity and a fun facts section.

Introduction to good nutrition for preschoolers. Take a country drive with two sisters to find the freshest fruits and vegetables. Then enjoy making tasty recipes!

In this revised and updated edition of the bestselling Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Dr. Walter Willett, for twenty-five years chair of the renowned Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, draws on cutting-edge research to explain what the USDA guidelines have gotten wrong—and how you can eat right. There’s an ever-growing body of evidence supporting the relatively simple principles behind healthy eating. Yet the public seems to be more confused than ever about what to eat. The never-ending promotion of celebrity and other fad diets gets in the way of choosing a diet that is healthy for both you and the planet that we all share. So forget popular diets and food trends. Based on information gleaned from the acclaimed Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Study, which have tracked the health and eating habits of thousands of women and men for more than thirty years, as well as other groundbreaking nutrition research, this revised and updated edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy provides solid recommendations for eating healthfully and living better and longer. Dr. Willett offers eye-opening new research on choosing foods with the best types of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and the relative importance of various food groups and supplements. He clearly explains why controlling weight, after not smoking, is the single most important factor for a long, healthy life; why eating some types of fat is beneficial, and even necessary, for good health; how to choose wisely between different types carbohydrates; how to pick the right protein “packages”; and what fruits and vegetables—not juices!—fight disease. Dr. Willett also translates this essential information into simple, easy-to-follow menu plans and tasty recipes. Revised and updated, this new edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy is an important resource for every family.

This is a collection of classroom materials that helps elementary school teachers integrate nutrition education into math, science, English language arts, and health. Introduces the importance of eating from all five food groups using the MyPlate icon and a variety of hands-on activities. The MyPlate nutrition program replaces the MyPyramid food pyramid.

Health and Wellness Workbooks for Teens and Pre-Teens Ages 11+ Teach students about nutrition, healthy food choices, healthy exercise types, sleep, and recovery, setting the foundation to building healthy lifestyle habits that will allow them to continue living long and healthy lives with the Mark Twain Healthy Eating, Exercise, and Sleep Mindfulness Workbook for Teens! Health and Wellness Workbooks for Kids are a great way for middle school and high school kids to maintain healthy living patterns through fun and focused practice. Why You’ll Love This Health and Fitness Book Activities focused on healthy life skills for teens & pre-teens. Students learn about nutrition, meal planning and prep, different types of exercise, sleep hygiene, and more health and wellness topics. Tracking progress along the way. Key terms are defined throughout the book to familiarize students with relevant nutritional, exercise, and sleep information before moving onto new concepts. Practically sized for every activity. The 80-page health and wellness book is sized at about 8” x 11”—giving you and your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Mark Twain Books Designed by leading educators, Mark Twain Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and resources in a wide range of subjects for middle- and upper-grade homeschool and classroom curriculum success. The Mark Twain Health Book Contains: Reproducible activities Vocabulary words with definitions

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