One of the “Science of Nutrition” series, this edition explores the role of vitamins in our diet, why they are needed, and what happens to your body if you do not get an adequate amount. The ten chapters, designed for upper elementary and middle school students, utilize an attractive layout of bold text, color photos and charts and graphs to explore the importance, characteristics, sources and amounts needed for optimum health. Beginning with a generalized chapter about food as fuel, remaining chapters go into detail defining vitamins, foods containing vitamins, how much our body requires of the most important vitamins, how to real labels, what vitamins do, how they are digested, adding vitamins to your diet and diets to combat certain insufficiencies. Each chapter contains boxed “Did You Know” features, a “Body Talk” bubble and a “Try This” column. Two pages of food facts and stats feature amounts and sources of recommended daily amounts for various ages. It is science and health made interesting. A glossary, sources for further study and an index are included. Reviewer: Meredith Kiger, Ph.D.