Food can be confusing! There's a lot of information out there about which foods are 'good' or 'bad' for you - and it seems to change every week! And people can sometimes get very stressed about food and eating, and how it affects their bodies. This book for children aged 9+ explains how food works, so they can make their own decisions armed with all the facts.
Is is part of the series Healthy for Life, which gives factual information on a range of health issues so young people can get the information they need to be healthy. The books feature fun infographic style illustrations. Why not seek out another title from the series: Puberty and Growing up; Food and Eating; Smoking, Drugs and Alcohol; Keeping Fit; Sex and Relationsips; Self-esteem and Mental Health.

This book is part of a book series called Healthy For Life .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .

Anna Claybourne has been a writer and editor of children's non-fiction for over eight years.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Food for life
• 1: What happens to food?
• 1: Food, energy and your body
• 1: Food groups
• 1: What is 'healthy eating'?
• 1: Unhealthy eating
• 1: Food and weight
• 1: I can't eat that!
• 1: Healthy drinking
• 1: Eating disorders
• 1: Food safety
• 1: Enjoy your food
• 1: Resources, notes, further reading, other endmatter
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index