Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great

Mavis Jukes, Lilian W. Y. Cheung. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $12.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-679-89029-4

Learn how to eat right and feel good with Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great! by Mavis Jukes and Lilian Cheung. This guide to a healthy lifestyle includes nutritional information, the ""Cactus Plan"" of food and physical activity guidelines (a diagram in the shape of a cactus), tips for vegetarians, a guide to reading food labels, exercise ideas and more.

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