Snacking Habits for Healthy Living

Make snacking a part of a balanced diet?with advice from America's nutrition experts Snacking can be a habit that nourishes and sustains you?or a source of excess calories and fat. Snacking Habits for Healthy Living shows you how to select a variety of snack foods and make them part of a healthy diet. This helpful guide provides advice for everyone, with specific information on the snacking needs of children, teenagers, athletes, weight-conscious adults, and those with special nutrition needs. It offers practical guidelines and strategies for different snacking situations and settings: at work, at home, and on the go. It also includes nutrition information for a variety of snack foods, all to help you select snacks, develop shopping lists, and create healthy snack food stashes at home, work, or anywhere.

Building Blocks of Healthy Snacking. Snacking and Children. Snacking and Teens. Snacking for Fitness and Athletic Performance. Snacking for the Weight Conscious. Snacking at Work. Snacking at Home. Snacking on the Go. Special Snacking Needs. Appendices. Index.