Yummy in My Tummy: a clever book about eating with illustrations by Jessie Eckle

Create fun meal plans for children by reading this board book to your children.
"What shall we have for dinner? Create your own crazy combination for a yummy meal with this fun mix and match game. Find out which food helps you see in the dark, what your skeleton likes for dinner, what you need to eat to have a super-healthy heart, and much much more in this very clever book about eating for children." from the cover
Find in the Board Book bins at Hibbing Public Library.

Healthy Holiday Eating Tips

Read the article from Real Simple Magazine:

9 Healthy Holiday-Eating Strategies

By Karen Asp

Some of the tips listed: Eat the best-for-you offerings first. Stand more than an arm's length away from munchies, and concentrate on your meal while you're eating it. See the rest of the article here: http://www.realsimple.com/health/nutrition-diet/healthy-eating/eat-healthy-during-holidays-10000001683797/

5 Healthy Holiday Choices By Suz Redfearn

Enjoy a tasty and fulfilling December followed by a regret-free January.
Here are 25 healthy holiday choices to make, starting now with this article from WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/25-healthy-holiday-choices?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Picture from Southern Living Magazine.

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Nutrition Facts: An interactive guide to food labels

Follow the link below and use this interactive guide to the Nutrition Facts label to help understand what you're eating so that you can make healthier  choices: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nutrition-facts/NU00293

You can help your family eat better and balance their energy by learning to choose lower calorie, lower fat alternatives to some of their favorite foods. Use the Nutrition Facts label found on food packages to make smarter food choices. from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/eat-right/nutrition-facts.htm

The Complete Leafy Greens Cookbook by Susan Sampson

Your mother was right. You should eat your greens. Always nutritious, leafy greens are super food without the price tag to match. They are also a delicious way to expand your culinary horizons. To help you make the most of these tantalizing leaves, vines, shoots and stalks, this detailed and comprehensive guide tells you everything you need to know about the types and varieties of leafy greens, from loose-leaf lettuce to kale, not to mention more exotic offerings such as African bitter leaf, Japanese mustard greens and Maritime fiddleheads. from book Find in new books: 641.654 SAMPS