Nutrition Decisions: Eat Smart, Move More (Book with Access Code)

Nutrition Decisions: Eat Smart, Move More encourages personal health behavior change for a lifetime of good habits and good health among students. The text employs the Theory of Planned Behavior to empower students to make positive changes in their lives to improve their health. The most current research-based information on each concept is presented as well as specific strategies that can be employed for behavior change. Information is presented in modules that include one specific topic of instruction within the field of nutrition, physical activity or other aspect of health and wellness. The material is research-based and well referenced, but is presented in an applied and consumer-oriented method that makes it easy for a non-science major to understand.Students are encouraged to check their own behavior based on the module content. Instructors will be given instructions on how to track a specific behavior (for example, record beverage consumption over 3 days). Suggestions will be given as to how students can make specific positive changes. Students will record their goal and how they intend to improve their overall health on their personal record sheet, which will be presented in the text as well as on the companion website. All chapters will include suggestions about how students can make incremental changes in their health behaviors. There will also be a myth versus fact section that will discuss the most common myths about foods and nutrition.

Chapter1 Food: Why You Eat What You Eat
Chapter2 Eat Healthy: Tools to Help You Choose
Chapter3 Eating Out or Eating In: Where You Eat Affects What You Eat
Chapter4 Digestion and Absorption: How Your Body Uses the Food You Eat
Chapter5 Carbohydrates: Skip the Simple, Add More Complex
Chapter6 Fruits and Vegetables: Eat All the Colors
Chapter7 Beverages: Re-Think Your Drink
Chapter8 Protein: More is Not Always Better
Chapter9 Milk and Dairy: Not Just for Kids
Chapter10 Fats and Oils: A Little Goes a Long Way
Chapter11 Physical Activity and Exercise: Move More Everyday
Chapter12 Overweight and Obesity: Public Health Crisis of Our Time
Chapter13 Lifecycle Nutrition: Eating Smart Across the Life Span
Chapter14 Safety of the Food Supply: Keep Your Food Safe
Chapter15 Beyond Eating Smart and Moving More: Other Components of a Healthy Life