Review by Booklist Review
Part of the Health Zone series, this book offers a highly readable, never preachy exploration into the benefits of providing quality fuel for your body. It opens with an anecdote of a kid who snacks on soda and chips while playing volleyball. A friend challenges him to eat better for a week, and he comes back with more sustained energy and a fresh outlook the next weekend. While this story is overly purposeful, the following chapters do a great job of detailing everything from the food pyramid and benefits of different nutrients to warnings against following faddish, ineffective diets. Colorful sidebars help with specifics such as the advantages of going organic and the necessity of iodine in one's diet. Photos of kids enjoying being active will reinforce the underlying message to treat your body well. The most valuable lesson children will learn here, though, is that simply being aware of what is listed on nutrition facts labels, and not fretting over adding up grams and calculating percentages, will lead to smarter and healthier eating choices.--Chipman, Ian Copyright 2008 Booklist
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