Food and nutrition resources for educators, parents, and professionals / Heather Jenson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jenson, Heather, editor.

Series:

Nutrition and diet research progress series.

Nutrition and Diet Research Progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Nutrition--United States.

Children.

Food handling--United States.

Food handling.

Food--Preservation.

Food.

Genre:

Bibliographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Childhood overweight is a condition that is prevalent within our society, affecting more and more children each year. The purpose of this book is to examine the relationship between children overweight and educational outcomes. This book is a guide designed to help professionals find information related to the role of nutrition in learning and behavior in children. It is a resource for parents and teachers, and educators interested in materials that will create a food and nutrition awareness in children while teaching them the basics of healthy eating and physical activity. The book also includes toddler and infant nutrition and health.

Contents:

Role of nutrition in learning and behavior : a resource list for professionals / Desiree Stapley

Food and nutrition fun for elementary age children / Corey Holland

Food and nutrition fun for preschoolers / Corey Holland

Toddler nutrition and health resource list / Kathleen M. Pellechia, Katherine Shook, Katrina Seidman, Amanda Arthur and Christina Sielbeck

Infant nutrition and health resource list / Leigh Beynon, Alexandra Raymond and Kathleen M. Pellechia.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed on May 30, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-063-4