Food and Nutrition: Database

Young people are bombarded with confusing and conflicting messages about food. This comprehensive and engaging set will help them to make healthful and safe personal choices. The eight volumes cover all aspects of food and nutrition, from growing and choosing food to cooking and enjoying it. More than 230 articles guide students to make positive health choices and provide essential information about food-related industries, the largest industrial sector in North America and thus one in which many students will someday find employment. Taking a global outlook, many articles in the set also explore topics with international impact, such as hunger, the global spread of nutrition-related diseases such as diabetes and obesity, and the variety of agricultural technologies used to feed people around the world. Articles describe world cuisines both familiar and exotic, accompanied by recipes for readers to try for themselves, so they can not only read about food but taste it, too.

ARRANGEMENT
 ? 7 volumes in A-Z format
 ? Additional index volume
 ? Volume indexes
 ? Over 230 articles
 ? Over 850 color photographs, charts, graphs, and maps
 ? Recipes demonstrating dishes from a variety of world cuisines

SCOPE - The articles in the set look at topics relating to food and nutrition from a wide variety of perspectives, from the social aspects of food and eating to the fundamentals of human biology and the various paths to good nutrition and achieving a balanced diet.

Thematic categories of coverage:
 ? Cooking and eating; cuisines; cultural and social aspects of food; food safety; foods and drinks; foods and health; nutrition; production and business of food; weight and weight loss

INDEX - Volume 8 contains:
 ? Glossary
 ? Resources for further study, including authoritative Websites
 ? U.S. and global data on nutrition, public health, and food safety
 ? Thematic indexes
 ? Comprehensive index

BENEFITS - Students find answers to everyday concerns about eating and good health and will learn to make choices that promote lifelong well-being.