Healthy for Life: Food and Eating

by Claybourne, Anna

• ISBN13: 9781445149714
• ISBN10: 1445149710
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-08-13
• Publisher: Franklin Watts

Summary

Food can be confusing! There's a lot of information out there about which foods are 'good' or 'bad' for you - and it seems to change every week! And people can sometimes get very stressed about food and eating, and how it affects their bodies. This book for children aged 9+ explains how food works, so they can make their own decisions armed with all the facts.
Is is part of the series Healthy for Life, which gives factual information on a range of health issues so young people can get the information they need to be healthy. The books feature fun infographic style illustrations. Why not seek out another title from the series: Puberty and Growing up; Food and Eating; Smoking, Drugs and Alcohol; Keeping Fit; Sex and Relationsips; Self-esteem and Mental Health.

Author Biography

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.

Table of Contents

• 1: Food for life
• 1: What happens to food?
• 1: Food, energy and your body
• 1: Food groups
• 1: What is 'healthy eating'?
• 1: Unhealthy eating
• 1: Food and weight
• 1: I can’t eat that!
• 1: Healthy drinking
• 1: Eating disorders
• 1: Food safety
• 1: Enjoy your food
• 1: Resources, notes, further reading, other endmatter
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index