{"id":34307,"date":"2026-03-02T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34307"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:01:59","slug":"march2026-readingclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/march2026-readingclub\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2026 Reading Club: Food and Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34308\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/March-2026-Food-and-Nutrition-Facebook-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/March-2026-Food-and-Nutrition-Facebook-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/March-2026-Food-and-Nutrition-Facebook-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/March-2026-Food-and-Nutrition-Facebook.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Good nutrition, combined with physical activity, can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases, and promote your overall health. This month, the Advisory Group has selected three books to help ask questions about the food and nutrition information we digest from various sources, including websites, streaming services, podcasts, advertisements, friends, and family.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/book\/comic-book-guide-growing-food\"><em>The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food<\/em><\/a> by Joseph Tychonievic &#8211; Perfect for visual learners, the author uses an engaging graphic-novel format to provide beginners with a step-by-step manual for everything from planting techniques to pest control.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/book\/butter\"><em>Butter<\/em><\/a> by Asako Yuzuki &#8211; Inspired by a chilling true story, <em>Butter<\/em> is an unsettling exploration of misogyny and obsession that follows a journalist\u2019s high-stakes attempt to crack a serial killer\u2019s silence through the power of gourmet food.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/book\/ultra-processed-people\"><em>Ultra-Processed People<\/em><\/a> by Chris van Tulleken &#8211; A\u00a0fast-paced, eye-opening expos\u00e9 that reveals how the science and economics of ultra-processed foods drive chronic disease, offering vital solutions for our health and the planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best way to guard against questionable health products and services is to be an informed consumer. Let the NNLM Reading Club help get the conversation started with our related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/topic\/244\">Food and Nutrition guide<\/a>.\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good nutrition, combined with physical activity, can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases, and promote your overall health. This month, the Advisory Group has selected three books to help ask questions about the food and nutrition information we digest from various sources, including websites, streaming services, podcasts,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/march2026-readingclub\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-members","category-opportunity-to-participate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34311,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307\/revisions\/34311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}