What we eat is vitally important for good health . . . but so is how we eatwhere and when we eatand how much we eatespecially in reducing obesity and diabetes II, which have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. This book encourages young children and parents to develop the healthy eating habits that can last for a lifetime. Nos Gusta Comer Bien (We Like to Eat Well) is based on the current USDA Food Pyramid, which advises us all to eat a wide variety and a proper balance of healthy foods. In this upbeat and rhyming text ...
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What we eat is vitally important for good health . . . but so is how we eatwhere and when we eatand how much we eatespecially in reducing obesity and diabetes II, which have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. This book encourages young children and parents to develop the healthy eating habits that can last for a lifetime. Nos Gusta Comer Bien (We Like to Eat Well) is based on the current USDA Food Pyramid, which advises us all to eat a wide variety and a proper balance of healthy foods. In this upbeat and rhyming text, children and parents will be reminded to eat fresh and whole foodsrather than packaged or junk foods. What makes this book unique, however, is that it presents the food data along with suggestions for how to eat healthier: encourages eating with others, rather than alone reminds kids and parents to eat more slowly states the case for eating just enough to feel strong, but also light advises eating smaller meals but more often shows kids taking healthy food to school encourages kids and parents to pack up healthy snacks to bring along when they are on the go helps readers learn greater sensitivity to what the body actually needs Nos Gusta Comer Bien (We Like to Eat Well) gives parents and their children healthy and positive nutrition messages in an entertaining format. The illustrations capture the books focus and add a lighthearted touch. Here is a book that parents and their young children will enjoy again and again! Judy Lee-Norris, MPH, RD; Nutrition Program Manager, Community Health Services for Yavapai County (Arizona) Elyse April is a licensed early-childhood educator, with a masters degree in Early Childhood Education. Lewis Agrell was an illustrator and designer at the Sarasota Herald-Tribu
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