
Explanations of nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and water. Also the food pyramid and types and amounts of foods we need to stay healthy. Learn how we burn calories and keep in shape with exercise, and see the effect on our bodies of an unbalanced diet, overeating and lack of exercise. Hands-on activity.
year: 2001, 2006
call number/section: 612.3, 613.2, 613.7, 641
subjects: closed captioning, body, human, study and teaching, closed caption video recordings, human body, diet, nutrition, juvenile films, exercise, physical fitness, films for the hearing impaired
Editions

Dawson, Don
Schlessinger Media (2001)
Explanations of nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and water. Also the food pyramid and types and amounts of foods we need to stay healthy. Learn how we burn calories and keep in shape with exercise, and see the effect on our bodies of an unbalanced diet, overeating and lack of exercise. Hands-on activity.
Schools: 1

Dawson, Don
Schlessinger Media (2006)
Examines and explains each of the key nutrients important to human health, discusses the need for balance, introduces the food pyramid, looks at food as energy, and includes a hands-on activity in which children try to identify foods that contain starches.
Schools: 5