Nutrition & Wellness for Life

Stress the importance of healthful eating and physical activity!

Nutrition & Wellness for Life stresses the importance of healthful eating and physical activity and explores how decisions affect wellness across the life span. Health and wellness begins in the kitchen and healthy eating requires planning and preparation. The text discusses safe food handling, healthy menu planning, and food preparation techniques using basic cooking skills and ingredients. Nutrition & Wellness for Life also includes strategies for staying physically active, addressing the needs of the competitive athlete. Students will learn how to recognize sources of stress and healthy strategies for reducing their impact on total wellness. The sixth edition contains up-to-date content on the new Nutrition Facts label, 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines, DASH eating plan, and other topical nutrition content.

• Community Connection and Food and the Environment features challenge students to consider the positive impacts they can make in their communities and on the environment
• Each chapter concludes with a Recipe File feature to prepare in the foods lab.
• Movement Connection features in every chapter provide a micro-lesson on an aspect of physical activity and the opportunity for students to participate in an activity burst, which can be performed in the classroom.
• Correlated to the FCS Nutrition and Wellness National Standards, AAFCS Pre-PAC Domains and Competencies for Food, Nutrition and Wellness, and YouScience® Industry Certifications Food and Nutrition I and Nutrition and Wellness exams.

Workbook: Activities review culinary terminology and chapter content. The workbook also helps students apply what they have learned as they buy, prepare, and store foods. A wide variety of activities are provided for various learning styles. The text provides the information students will need to complete many of the activities. Other activities will require creative thinking and research beyond the textbook.

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