Adventures in Food and Nutrition

Help your students begin an exciting study of nutrition, food management, and preparation.

Adventures in Food and Nutrition is written to excite students about the world of food and nutrition. It covers the basics of nutrition and food preparation. The text activities develop scientific and inquiry skills, preparing students to become nutritionally literate and able to make smart food choices. Various features extend chapter content and introduce a multicultural emphasis to encourage students to try new foods and cooking techniques.

By studying this introductory food and nutrition text, students will understand the health consequences of their food choices. In addition, they will be encouraged to become involved in preparing nutritious meals.

• Highly illustrated chapters aid identification of various equipment, foods, and preparation techniques.
• Connections between food choices, eating habits, activity, and health are emphasized and the importance of healthy behaviors now for healthy futures is reinforced.
• Content on reading food labels and the continuum of processed food provides the necessary knowledge for making healthy food choices.
• Hands-On Learning section includes a lab and recipe to explore and apply chapter content.

The Adventures in Food and Nutrition WorkBook is organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter. This supplement is a consumable resource, designed with perforated pages so that a given chapter can be removed and turned in for grading or checking.

The Online Teachers Resource 1 year subscription provides 1 year of individual access to the classroom materials used most—all in one convenient location. This provides instructor access to all student content, as well as Instructor Resources, Instructor’s Presentations for PowerPoint, and Assessment Software with Question Banks.