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YUM: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutrition
This kid-friendly guide helps readers make smart food choices every day. With recipes, meal plans, tips on nutrition from kids in their own words, fun food facts, and quotes from celebrities like Mia Hamm, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, America Ferrera, and Tony Parrish, this tasty title is a must-have
YUM helps kids become food-label-literate and figure out how to choose the best foods for their bodies. They'll discover healthy snack ideas from young people who already make nutrition part of their lives. The author encourages readers to set realistic goals for themselves, and to help parents make meal plans and grocery lists, so that the whole family can get on board with nutrition. YUM also serves up tasty recipes, simple enough for kids to tackle on their own
YUM helps kids become food-label-literate and figure out how to choose the best foods for their bodies. They'll discover healthy snack ideas from young people who already make nutrition part of their lives. The author encourages readers to set realistic goals for themselves, and to help parents make meal plans and grocery lists, so that the whole family can get on board with nutrition. YUM also serves up tasty recipes, simple enough for kids to tackle on their own
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 22, 2008
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About the author
Daina Kalnins
5 books1 followerAuthor Daina Kalnins is a registered dietitian at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. She has co-authored several books on nutrition, including The Hospital for Sick Children’s Better Food for Kids and Better Baby Food, which won The International Cookbook Revue Award (2001).
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March 7, 2015
This book is geared for the 8 to 13 year crowd. It thoroughly covers the basics of nutrition. Discusses nutrients both macro and micro. Discusses what nutrients our bodies need to be healthy, to grow, to develop, to function. Discusses how our bodies utilizes those nutrients. Discusses what nutrients different foods have. Teaches how to read labels. Teaches how to discern between good and bad choices. Not in a you-can't-ever-eat-candy way, but in a straight-forward way. It's all about fulfilling your body's need in the most efficient way. It offers advice on how to make the right choices for you. The book challenges the reader to become aware, to become involved. It encourages kids to get involved in food preparation and cooking. Even in grocery shopping. By taking those first few steps, then the rest will come easily and almost naturally. It urges kids (and adults) to try new foods, try new recipes, experiment with meals. Find what works for you, what you like. Sample meal plans and recipes are included. Also there is a six month challenge presented. It is a slow-and-steady plan to get to a healthier you in six months. It doesn't try to rush or overwhelm you. It knows that it takes time to break in new habits and break old ones.
November 13, 2012
Reviewed by Harmony for TeensReadToo.com
YUM by Daina Kalnins explores and explains nutrition and healthy lifestyles for pre-teens and kids, including how to get all of the vital vitamins every day, why eating junk food constantly isn't good, and how to keep your body healthy.
It's done in a way that's easy to understand and follow, making it simple for anyone to get a head start on a healthy lifestyle.
YUM is probably one of the best books I've read on nutrition. Usually, they're a chore to read and impossible to comprehend, but this one was different. It was written so that everyone can read it, not just those who understand doctor lingo.
Plus, it was full of interesting tidbits (did you know that dark chocolate is actually GOOD for you?) that made it much more fun to read. If you or somebody you know is looking to understand all things health-related, this book is the way to go.
YUM by Daina Kalnins explores and explains nutrition and healthy lifestyles for pre-teens and kids, including how to get all of the vital vitamins every day, why eating junk food constantly isn't good, and how to keep your body healthy.
It's done in a way that's easy to understand and follow, making it simple for anyone to get a head start on a healthy lifestyle.
YUM is probably one of the best books I've read on nutrition. Usually, they're a chore to read and impossible to comprehend, but this one was different. It was written so that everyone can read it, not just those who understand doctor lingo.
Plus, it was full of interesting tidbits (did you know that dark chocolate is actually GOOD for you?) that made it much more fun to read. If you or somebody you know is looking to understand all things health-related, this book is the way to go.
June 16, 2009
I thought this was a great manual for teens on nutrition. It covers everything you need to know from macro nutrients (like protein, carbs and fats) to micro nutrients (like vitamins and minerals.) Also included is how to read a food label, how to identify healthy foods and how food is processed throughout our body.
We get to follow the food from your mouth right through to when your body expels it. It's an interesting trip!
YUM is filled with fun facts and tips throughout and little quotes both from kids like you and from some celebrities.
Finally after learning all there is to learn the reader can take a pledge to eat better and then do a six month challenge to help you find and maintain your body balance.
We get to follow the food from your mouth right through to when your body expels it. It's an interesting trip!
YUM is filled with fun facts and tips throughout and little quotes both from kids like you and from some celebrities.
Finally after learning all there is to learn the reader can take a pledge to eat better and then do a six month challenge to help you find and maintain your body balance.
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