Guest guest Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Does anyone have a suggestion for a book on nutrition appropriate for a preteen girl. Obviously vegetarian or at least with a heavey veg content. My daughter is 10 and it is a struggle to get her to eat a healthy diet. If we allowed her to eat only what she wants, it would be all carbs (and don't suggest whole grain pasta - no way it would pass her lips). She likes no fruit except for an occasional apple, clementines, strawberries, grapes (if they are the right firmness) and blueberries (again, they must be firm and not the least bit soft). She will drink no juices, smoothies, etc. For vegetables, she'll eat green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and edamame. In the summer she will eat corn on the cob, although she complains that it makes her teeth feel funny, but won't eat frozen corn off the cob. Of course, when she does eat these things it's not as if she eats a great volume - we are talking two slices of cucumber or a tablespoon of edamame. She is pretty good about soups, but we can't have those every night. She also likes Mexican - tacos, burritos, etc. She would go very heavy on the cheese, but I want to limit that. Won't touch soy milk, yogurt, etc. Her only beverage is water (which is good). She also likes soda, but that is only an occasional thing. Also, she loves cakes, cookies, etc. and would happily eat those instead of anything healty. I give her vitamins, but again she is very picky about those. She is a big reader, and responds to information she reads rather than what she is told. I bought her a book on manners, for example, so it was not all coming from me lecturing her, and she refers to that. She bought herself a book on fashion so she could learn what is " cool. " So, I think she would read a book on nutrition and pick up some info. Thanks Karen in Baltimore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 PETA-kids website http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Vegetarian-Cookbook-J.%20Kingsbury-Krizmanic/dp/0140\ 385061 http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Guide-Going-Vegetarian/dp/0140365893 http://www.vegparadise.com/bookshelf.html#Children ·        http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/teen_veg.pdf  http://vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes.htm  ________________________________ Karen Detling <kdetling Mon, November 30, 2009 7:11:41 AM Nutrition Book for Preteen  Does anyone have a suggestion for a book on nutrition appropriate for a preteen girl. Obviously vegetarian or at least with a heavey veg content. My daughter is 10 and it is a struggle to get her to eat a healthy diet. If we allowed her to eat only what she wants, it would be all carbs (and don't suggest whole grain pasta - no way it would pass her lips). She likes no fruit except for an occasional apple, clementines, strawberries, grapes (if they are the right firmness) and blueberries (again, they must be firm and not the least bit soft). She will drink no juices, smoothies, etc. For vegetables, she'll eat green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and edamame. In the summer she will eat corn on the cob, although she complains that it makes her teeth feel funny, but won't eat frozen corn off the cob. Of course, when she does eat these things it's not as if she eats a great volume - we are talking two slices of cucumber or a tablespoon of edamame. She is pretty good about soups, but we can't have those every night. She also likes Mexican - tacos, burritos, etc. She would go very heavy on the cheese, but I want to limit that. Won't touch soy milk, yogurt, etc. Her only beverage is water (which is good). She also likes soda, but that is only an occasional thing. Also, she loves cakes, cookies, etc. and would happily eat those instead of anything healty. I give her vitamins, but again she is very picky about those. She is a big reader, and responds to information she reads rather than what she is told. I bought her a book on manners, for example, so it was not all coming from me lecturing her, and she refers to that. She bought herself a book on fashion so she could learn what is " cool. " So, I think she would read a book on nutrition and pick up some info. Thanks Karen in Baltimore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 I used the book " A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian, " by Judy Krizmanic for a project I did in graduate school. I remember thinking that I would have loved to have read it when was 12 and first learned about vegetarianism (alas, that was in 1980 and the book I mentioned above was published in 1994). Web sites are also good, but I think a book can present a subject with more depth than a web site. , robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: > > PETA-kids website > > http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Vegetarian-Cookbook-J.%20Kingsbury-Krizmanic/dp/0140\ 385061 > > http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Guide-Going-Vegetarian/dp/0140365893 > > http://www.vegparadise.com/bookshelf.html#Children > > ·        http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/teen_veg.pdf >  > http://vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes.htm > >  > > > > ________________________________ > Karen Detling <kdetling > > Mon, November 30, 2009 7:11:41 AM > Nutrition Book for Preteen > >  > Does anyone have a suggestion for a book on nutrition appropriate for a preteen girl. Obviously vegetarian or at least with a heavey veg content. My daughter is 10 and it is a struggle to get her to eat a healthy diet. If we allowed her to eat only what she wants, it would be all carbs (and don't suggest whole grain pasta - no way it would pass her lips). She likes no fruit except for an occasional apple, clementines, strawberries, grapes (if they are the right firmness) and blueberries (again, they must be firm and not the least bit soft). She will drink no juices, smoothies, etc. For vegetables, she'll eat green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and edamame. In the summer she will eat corn on the cob, although she complains that it makes her teeth feel funny, but won't eat frozen corn off the cob. Of course, when she does eat these things it's not as if she eats a great volume - we are talking two slices of cucumber or a tablespoon of edamame. She is pretty > good about soups, but we can't have those every night. She also likes Mexican - tacos, burritos, etc. She would go very heavy on the cheese, but I want to limit that. Won't touch soy milk, yogurt, etc. Her only beverage is water (which is good). She also likes soda, but that is only an occasional thing. Also, she loves cakes, cookies, etc. and would happily eat those instead of anything healty. I give her vitamins, but again she is very picky about those. > > She is a big reader, and responds to information she reads rather than what she is told. I bought her a book on manners, for example, so it was not all coming from me lecturing her, and she refers to that. She bought herself a book on fashion so she could learn what is " cool. " So, I think she would read a book on nutrition and pick up some info. > > Thanks > > Karen in Baltimore > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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