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The Hungry Brain

The Nutrition/Cognition Connection

By: Susan Augustine

Feed the brain first to make the nutrition/cognition connection!

Focusing on nutrition's role in promoting learning, the author calls on educators to model good food choices for their students. Building on a simple three-part framework of plant foods, animal foods, and junk foods, and incorporating exercise, the text shows educators how:

Healthy eating provides a powerful link to learning
Childhood obesity, food allergies, and other disorders may be related to eating habits
Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day
Brain-jogging exercises enhance brain activity, improve physical health, increase clarity, and reduce stress

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780976342632
Published By: Corwin
Series: In A Nutshell Series
Year: 2007
Page Count: 168
Publication date: July 24, 2007

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The brain gets fed first! That is an important idea that directly relates to the nutrition/cognition connection in schools. As the education community faces the challenges of childhood obesity, malnutrition of the brain, food allergies, disorders of metal metabolism and biochemical imbalances, educators are eager to learn about how to guide students in the care of their bodies, and especially, in the feeding of the brain. Making "smart" choices for the very hungry brain is the focus of this cutting edge book that provides the busy teacher with vital information on nutrition and behavior. Dr. Marcus develops a rich discussion about three food groups: animal foods, plant foods and junk foods. She explains why breakfast is still the most important meal of the day, provides brain joggers for easy integration into classroom activities, and presents a host of practical strategies for teaching nutrition as part and parcel of a "learning for a lifetime" curriculum.

Author(s)

Susan Augustine

Susan Marcus, Ph.D., a long-time consultant with Robin Fogarty & Associates and formerly of Roosevelt University, has been in the field of educational consulting for over twenty years. With a rich background in special education, her passion is in nutrition education. Marcus believes that nutrition is often the missing clue to the mystery of why children can't learn and has developed a number of nutrition and behavior programs, including The Hungry Brain. She often addresses issues of the constructivist classroom, including cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, differentiation and integrated curriculum. In addition, she is the author of Tools for the Cooperative Classroom, The New Nutrition Education, ADD/ADHD: Attention Deficit Disorder: What We Know, What We Can Do and The Hungry Brain: The Nutrition/Cognition Connection.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Where's the Food?

2. Malnutrition of the Brain

3. Not All Fats Are Bad

4. Sugar

5. Not All Foods Are Good: Food Allergies

6. Exercise and the Brain

Appendices

Glossary of Terms

Resources

References

Reviews

"Covers everything from obesity and malnutrition to food allergies, biochemical imbalances, and how 'smart' choices in education and nutrition make for important teaching influences."

California Bookwatch, October 2007

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