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1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.1 Why is fast food so attractive to some people? 2 What can be done to encourage people to eat less of it? 2 Read the three texts about food addiction. What were the consequences of the three people's addictions?
Other words can be used for contrast (But, However) and consequences or conclusions (So, Therefore). | 3 Read the Reading Strategy. Match the sentences (A-E) with the gaps (1-4). There is one extra sentence.A Not surprisingly, a diet that contained few nutrients and an excess of fat and carbohydrates could only have negative consequences. B Its aim was to encourage food addicts to beat their addictions with the help of a psychologist and nutritionist. C One of the first steps was to get rid of her collection of free gifts. D Parties, picnics and barbecues with friends and family used to be a nightmare. E The doctor who treated her said she had never seen such an extreme case of food addiction. |
FOOD addiction
Pizza boy
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Few people would disagree that one of the world's most popular dishes is pizza. Twenty-two-year-old Zack certainly wouldn't. He would eat a variety of pizza-based items, including homemade pizza, precooked microwave pizza, and even pizza leftovers from the night before. He was consuming 800kg of pizza a year. As a child, Zack had eaten a wide variety of food. But he became addicted to pizza when he started secondary school. American school meals have often been criticised for the large amount of fast food present on the menu, and pizza is the star dish. Zack even spent all his pocket money on slices of pizza.
Naturally, Zack's family worried about his high-calorie, low-vitamin diet. So did Zack. In an attempt to break his addiction, Zack agreed to appear on a TV programme called Freaky Eaters. 1........... It wasn't easy. He had to eat a fish dish, while his brother sat in front of him enjoying ... a pizza! However, Zack met the challenge and has never eaten pizza again.
Chicken nugget girl
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4 Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F. Correct the false sentences.1 Zack ate well until he was a teenager. 2 Zack ate his last pizza on Freaky Eaters. 3 Stacy became addicted after a member of her family introduced her to a certain type of food. 4 Stacy has recovered from her health problems. 5 Hanna's condition affected her work and social life. 6 Hanna was cured by an unusual treatment. 5 VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with highlighted words from the texts in the correct form.1 What ____________ Strawberry or vanilla? of ice cream would you like? 2 It's a simple ____________ of rice and vegetables. to prepare, consisting mainly 3 I'm trying to reduce the ____________ of food I eat. I want to eat the same food, but in smaller quantities. 4 I'll just have one ____________ of bread, please. 5 Most Japanese people eat a ____________ of rice, fish and vegetables. 6 We can eat the ____________ from tonight's dinner for tomorrow's lunch. 7 The restaurant serves smaller ____________ for children. 8 We can't order yet because we haven't seen the ____________ .
| 6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Read the statement and decide together whether you agree or disagree with it.It is the fault of fast food restaurants if people are addicted to their food. Discuss your ideas and make notes to support your opinion. Use the words below to help you. Adjectives addictive cheap convenient expensive fresh high-calorie low-calorie processed tasty good value for money Nouns fat fibre free choice ingredients salt sugar willpower Present your opinions to the class. Use the phrases below to help you. Presenting opinions There's no doubt in my mind that... As far as I'm concerned,... I believe very strongly that.... I'm absolutely convinced that... Nobody can deny that... It's perfectly clear that... |
| Seventeen-year-old Stacy Irvine's 25 friends visit her and discover that she has been rewarded thousands of free toys from fast food restaurants as a regular customer. Stacy's mother often gave her 30 two-year-old girl a portion of fried chicken in a McDonald's restaurant. Since then, Stacy has refused to eat anything else except for pieces of fried chicken, and as a result, her 35 diet has created serious health. She has been warned that if she doesn't change her diet, she will die. Stacy once collapsed due to lack of vitamins and nutrients and needed 40 to be hospitalised. 2_____ She insisted that Stacy adopt a healthier lifestyle. However, worryingly, Stacy's mother said that while Stacy was beginning to understand 45 the seriousness of her situation, she couldn't eat anything else but chicken nuggets. | Twenty-year-old Hanna Little was keen on chips. The only thing that Hanna consumed for fifteen years was one plate of chips after another. And it 3 And it did, because not only did Hanna develop health problems, but she also had to leave her job after collapsing at work. At five, Hanna became addicted to chips and refused to eat fruits and vegetables despite her mother's efforts. Hanna says that she was terrified of tasting the flavour of different types of food and she would feel anxious just at the idea of doing it. 4_____ Furthermore, Hanna was soon seen as 'odd' by her friends' parents. It wasn't until the age of sixteen that Hanna realised she had Selective Eating Disorder (SED). Despite this new knowledge, no solution was found. It wasn't until she lost her job before she started eating normally. Hanna sought therapy from psychologist Felix Economakis, who used hypnosis, a treatment that none of the doctors that she had seen before had mentioned, to get her to eat fruit after one one-hour session, and since then she has been willing to eat anything... including chips! |
Chip girl |
