Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• Eating Right; by Elizabeth Vogel; PowerKids Press, 2001

Ages 8 to 12

• Eat Your Vegetables! Drink Your Milk!; by Alvin Silverstein; Franklin Watts, 2000
• Healthy Eating; by Sylvia Goulding; Rourke Pub., 2005
• Food Rules!: The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch; by Bill Haduch; Dutton Children's Books, 2001
• The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids; Joan D'Amico; Wiley, 1999

Young Adult

• The Best You Can Be: A Teen's Guide to Fitness and Nutrition; by Christopher Hovius; Philadelphia, Mason Crest Publ, 2005
• The Diet For Teenagers Only; Carrie Wiatt and Barbara Schroeder; New York, Regan Books, 2005
• Vegetarianism for Teens; by Jane Duden; LifeMatters, 2001

Books for Adults

• American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Nutrition: Feeding Children of All Ages; by Loraine Stern, ed.; Villard Books, 1999
• American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy for Kids; by Jo Ellen Sheild, Wiley, 2002
• Brown Bag Success: Making Healthy Lunches Your Kids Won't Trade; by Sandra Nissenberg; Wiley, 1998
• Brown Bag Heaven: A Parent's Guide to Quick, Healthy Lunches for Kids; by Marie McLendon; American Diabetes Assoc., 2005
• Child Magazine's Guide to Eating: Win the Food Wars; by Ann E. Laforge; Pocket Books, 1997
• Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense; by Ellyn Satter; Bull, 2000
• The Complete Baby, Toddler & Child Cookbook: A Parents Guide To Healthy, Tempting Foods For Babies, Toddlers and Young Children; by Anabel Karmel; Dorling Kindersley, 1999
• Coping With a Picky Eater; by William G. Wilkoff; Simon & Schuster, 1998
• Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: the Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating; by Walter Willett; Free Press, 2005
• Fat-Proof Your Child; by Joseph C. Piscatella; Workman Publishing Company, 1997
• Feed Your Child Right From Birth; by Albert Goldberg; M. Evans and Co., 2000
• Feeding Your Child, the Brazelton Way; by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua Sparrow; Da Capo Press, 2004
• Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health: Birth Through Age Six; Susan B. Roberts; Bantam Books, 1999
• First Foods; Miriam Stoppard; Dorling Kindersley, 2002
• First Meals: Fast, Healthy, and Fun Foods to Tempt Infants and Toddlers from Baby's First Foods to Favorite Family Feasts; by Annabel Karmel ; Dorling Kindersley, 1999
• Growing Up Healthy: A Complete Guide to Childhood Nutrition, Birth Through Adolescence; by Joan Lunden and Myron Winick; Atria, 2005
• Raising Healthy Eaters: 100 Tips for Parents; by Henry Legere; Da Capo Life Long, 2004
• Raising Vegetarian Children: A Guide to Good Health and Family Harmony; by Joanne Stepaniak; Contemporary books, 2003
• Save Your Child From the Fat Epidemic: 7 Steps Every Parent Can Take to Ensure Healthy, Fit Children for Life; by Gayle Alleman; Prima Publishing, 1999
• The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition; by William V. Tamborlane, ed.; Yale University Press, 1997

Other Resources

American Dietetic Association
Consumer Nutrition Hotline
216 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606
800-366-1655
312-899-0040
Educational materials, answers to individual questions, referrals to dietitians, recorded information.

USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
10301 Baltimore Ave., Rm. 304
Department of Agriculture, NALB
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
301-504-5719
301-504-6856 (TTY)
Web site: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
Nutrition information, specific publications, USDA FDA information service, FDA USDA labeling center, information specialists.