An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.

Do you know how to read a food label? Food labels provide important information about the nutritional value of foods. For this lesson students will learn about food labels, healthful eating, nutrition facts, and units of measurement...

In order to plan a healthy diet, students must know how to read a food label. Food labels show that a food has a little or a lot of certain nutrients. Look on the side of a product to find the Nutrition Facts title, which is fully...

This article explains the "specific functions" of individual nutrients and explains what one should look for while examining food labels.

Many medicines come in bottles with special child-proof caps so that small children can't accidentally open the bottle and eat the pills. To a small child who can't read the label, the pills might look just like candy. This project helps...