How many amino acids can your body make? Are nuts a healthy snack? What are antibodies? The Body Needs series reveals why your body needs a balanced diet to be healthy. It explains how much of each type of nutrient you need to eat every day and in which foods those nutrients can be found. The importance of water and fibre in the diet are also discussed. The series looks at the way our bodies digest and store food and how the excess is released as waste. It also investigates the different health problems and diseases that may occur when our bodies either have too much or too little of certain types of food.

 

This book is part of a book series called Body Needs .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Angela Royston has written and edited many books for children about science and nature.