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Human Nutrition: The Savvy Eater

24 minutes 32 seconds

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This program provides practical tips for making healthy choices when it comes to food. Being an informed consumer ensures wise decisions related to food selection. Consumers also need to be aware of food safety. Part of the "Human Nutrition" series.

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Illustration of a person with a large belly next to a bad of mega chips labeled party size and a stack of calories. Caption: can cause a person to be overweight,
Human Nutrition
Episode 1
28 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of foods containing Sucrose providing a combination of fructose and glucose or containing Lactose providing galactose and glucose after being processed by the liver. Caption: are also broken down and converted into glucose
Human Nutrition
Episode 2
28 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a military person pointing to a chart with pictures of bananas, apples, and leafy greens. Caption: Choose foods that provide more potassium, dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamin D--
Human Nutrition
Episode 3
37 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a cell and a molecule of NaCl. Made up mostly of water. Caption: The fluid around the cell contains sodium chloride
Human Nutrition
Episode 4
33 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Measuring cup. Eat the amount your body really needs. Measure out your portions. Caption: by measuring out your portions with measuring cups
Human Nutrition
Episode 5
36 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: Calcium is another mineral that is especially important
Human Nutrition
Episode 6
22 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a grazing cow. Greetings from the farm… Caption: (man) Like many foods,
Human Nutrition
Episode 7
17 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Image contains a photo of a young man smiling wide next to text that reads, "How can I be sure this food is safe? Is it as nutritious as I think it is?"
Human Nutrition
Episode 8
24 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12

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