Are You What You Eat?

Contains lots of helpful information about nutrition in an easy to follow format. I found it useful for daily meal planning.

My 6-year-old is very curious about the building blocks of everything, including food. We've had nightly discussions about protein and sugar and balanced diets. I wanted a book that would go into more depth without being overwhelming. Are You What You Eat? fits the bill.I do not expect children to sit down and read this book from front to back. Like other DK books, information is separated into small sections, with multiple "sections" per page. This allows kids to jump around at their own pace and absorb the things they are interested in in the moment.I looked at a number of nutrition books for children before settling on this one. I read a lot of customer reviews and looked at interior pictures. I'm glad I chose this one. The book is well researched and based on science. I highly recommend it for kids 6 and up.

This book is perfect. My 8 year old and I are both enjoying it and learning. I am SO glad I found this book!!! Kids need to learn and know these things. We all do. I wish I had this when I was a kid.My 8 year old says she likes to see the timelines and she likes to see all the colorful photos. ( Me too!)

This book perfect for children who have an insatiable appetite for information. It explains how the digestive system works, how certain food items came into use (i.e. tea originated in China), the origins of different food products and the associated history from a U.S.-based perspective. This book will appeal to kids who like science but might be a bit too involved for elementary-age children who are below grade level in reading. It is nonetheless a great resource for homeschooling or the classroom, and the content will help and inform even their teachers.

This book is exactly what I was looking for to teach my first-grader about nutrition! My kid is very bright and wants to know the facts and reasoning behind what he's learning. It's difficult to find a history and science-based book that is written simple (and detailed) enough for a young child to understand.Are You What You Eat goes beyond the normal fluff of nutrition education to explain all a kid should know in detail.I highlight recommend this book to any parent wishing to teach with science!!

This is a real easy and fun way to teach your kids the importance of what they put on your plate. I also learned a lot from the book!

This book has a wealth of nutrition information for children and adults. Can't wait to use this for homeschool this year!

I don't love the format with facts popping up all over. It makes it difficult to sit down and read to my kids because it doesn't flow as well. I was hoping for a book to help my young kids understand why they need to eat healthy. I guess this is a little advanced-- closer to middle school level. Also, the first page springs the topic of evolution real quickly into your face, and so we had to have that conversation, which is complicated for me. Like, I am not completely convinced but also open to the possibility. It's just presented as fact here in this nutrition book, so that made it more difficult for me to read. Just wanted to show this page in case that's the case for you. I get why they covered it, but seemed a bit much for a kids' book. Soooooo, after that as you get deeper in-- about 4 or 5 pages-- I finally got to what I was looking for. And the pictures are nice and engaging. I guess they say not to judge a book by its cover? Because this cover made me think this would be a fun, easy read, and it got off to a real slow start and did not hold for my kid's attention span.