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Pbs Learning Media: After School Pita Snack
In this Fuel It! video, Maggie and Mrs. Kissell work together to demonstrate how to create a healthy and tasty after school snack of pitas filled with vegetables and a creamy sauce. [2:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hormones, Body Mass, and Obesity
Explains the factors that influence a person's body mass and the role that hormones play in regulating hunger. [4:38]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: At the Table: What Is Food Insecurity?
There's no single definition of "food insecurity," but we asked people working in food justice to help us understand what it means, including a lack of access to healthy foods, a lack of choice, and families not knowing where their next...
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Pbs Learning Media: At the Table: Food Education, Why Start Young?
Kids and youth can have a huge impact on their families' spending and eating habits. Programs like Appetite For Change's Youth Community Cooks Night program offers youth a chance to learn about nutritious cooking, and have some fun in...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Michael Pollan in Defense of Food
Science Friday talks with author Michael Pollan about his latest book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." He suggests that people can improve their eating by following this simple rule: Don't eat anything that your...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Our Daily Diet of Data
How much data does the average American consume in an ordinary day? 34 gigabytes of data and 100,500 words, according to a recent study.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Imagined Eating
In new research, people who imagined the details of eating bite after bite of a tempting food before eating consumed significantly less of the delicacy.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: To Sleep, Perchance to Slim
A new study says people may be sabotaging their diets in an unexpected way - through too little sleep.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: More Reasons to Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
In some people, a fruit and vegetable filled diet can lower heart attack risk.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Snacks, Overeating, and Sensory Science
Got a weakness for chocolate chip cookies? Kettle chips? Pizza? Ira talks with former FDA commissioner David Kessler about how tasty foods change your brain, and how the food industry designs the snacks you crave.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Using Science to Raise the Perfect Porterhouse
Ira Flatow and guests discuss the science of steak, like how grass affects the fat in a cut of beef.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Eating "Wilder" Foods for a Healthier Diet
Author Jo Robinson digs up tips on how to get the most nutrition out of our fruits and vegetables. [22 mins. 47 secs.]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Michael Pollan: You Are What You Cook
Pollan once advised, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Now, he tells us how to cook it.