Food and eating habits
A Do you agree or disagree on these statements? Tick the appropriate alternative, please.
Start on your own and then share.
Statements Agree Disagree
1 There is too much on cooking today in mass media. ……... ……...
2 I rather eat food that other people cook. ……... ……...
3 If I had more time I’d spend more time on cooking. ……... ……...
4 Jamie’s way of cooking is better than that of Tina Nordström’s. ……... ……...
5 Traditional Swedish food has become more popular on Swedish ……... ……...
kitchen tables.
6 Mac Donald’s has done a lot to change modern people’s eating habits. ……... ……...
7 If I could afford I’d eat out more. ……... ……...
8 In general I trust the way restaurants prepare their food. ……... ……...
Obesity övervikt will 'become the norm'
Obesity rates are increasing
Three-quarters of the UK population could be overweight within the next
10-15 years, top experts have warned.
They say obesity will overtake smoking as Britain's top preventable killer.
And they have accused the government of being too scared of the food and transport
industries to tackle the problem properly
Obesity experts from across Europe met to discuss the problem at a summit in
Copenhagen.
The UK government has set up a strategy which includes giving schoolchildren
a piece of fruit a day, improving school meals and encouraging young people to exercise.
But the former government advisor Professor Philip James, now chairman of the
International Obesity Task Force, told the conference that not enough was being done to
tackle the problem.
"Officials are pretty terrified around the whole of Europe about how to confront
some of these huge vested interests.
"The fast food and soft drink industries have enormous turnovers, there is
enormous vested interests which we need to confront.
"If we don't, the epidemic of childhood obesity is going to rip through Europe so
fast - with Britain being in the worst category - that we will have clinics of diabetic children
of 13, 14 years of age, where the evidence is pretty clear that they will have major problems
of blindness by the time they get into their thirties.
B On your own, do you agree or disagree on these statements or don’t you know. Tick the
appropriate alternative. Having ticked, you discuss the statements in the group.
Statements Agree Don’t Disagree
know
1 The article is about Great Britain and will not have the same bearing …….. …….. ……..
on Sweden.
2 Generally we eat better food today than fifty years ago. …….. …….. ……..
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3 It’s the parents’ fault that their teenagers’ don’t eat proper food.
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4 Today teenagers have not got time to eat proper food at home.
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5 A considerable number of pupils skip school lunch.
6 The quality of school lunches is lower today because of a smaller …….. …….. ……..
budget.
7 The arrival of McDonald’s has had a negative impact on teenagers’ …….. …….. ……..
eating habits.
8 It would be better if the pupils brought their own lunch to school. …….. …….. ……..
9 Coca Cola and McDonald’s are too strong vested interests to be …….. …….. ……..
stopped.
10 There is no way we can stop the growth of obesity in the Western …….. …….. ……..
world.
C You are chairperson for the local Parent Teacher Association Hem och skolaföreningen. At the next
meeting you have been asked to present a scheme program to the parents how to improve the
quality of the school lunch and encourage the teenagers to do more exercise. What is your
scheme? Use the frame below for your suggestion. Work in twos and come up with a
suggestion.
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