Healthy cooking & nutrition for college students
Subtitle: how not to gain the freshman 15
By: by Rebekah Sack ; foreword by Jen Garcia, MS, LMHC
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ocala, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781620231609; 9781620231593
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: College students; Nutrition; Health and hygiene; Food habits; Cooking; Feeding Behavior; Healthy Diet; Étudiants; Santé et hygiène; Habitudes alimentaires; Cuisine; Recipes
Other titles: Healthy cooking and nutrition for college students
Description: A recent study, published in the Nutrition Journal, found that one in four college freshmen gain at least five percent of his or her body weight, an average of about 10 pounds, during the first semester. All of this can be avoided with healthy cooking and an eye for good choices. This all-inclusive book covers everything from affordable options to reading ingredient labels. You will learn some basic healthy cooking techniques, the latest nutrition research, the low-down on all the most-talked about diets, and what kinds of foods will improve your college lifestyle. If you want to avoid the freshman 15 while also fueling your body with what it needs to be your sharpest, most energized self, then this book is for you. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why eat healthy?; title: What is healthy?; title: Popular diets explained; title: Eating on a budget; title: Reading the labels; title: Eating for your brain; title: The fast and easy way to eat well; title: Cooking basics; title: Understanding alcohol; title: The beginner's guide to exercise.