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3.4 Better health Language booster
3 a) Platform 4 carbs: a large group of energy-producing compounds in
food, such as sugars and starches
b) 13.48
dairy: foods such as butter and cheese that are made from
c) three/3 minutes milk
Language booster vitamins: a group of substances that are essential in the
obese very overweight and therefore unhealthy diet for specific body processes
minerals: substances such as zinc, magnesium, salt or
diabetes a disorder in which your body doesn’t
sulphur that are formed naturally in rocks and in the
produce enough insulin (a type of hormone)
earth. They are also found in small quantities in food and
calories unit of measurement for the energy value of drink.
food .
low-fat containing relatively less fat than
10 a) junk food, including burgers, chips, chocolate,
comparable foods, diets, etc.
crisps and fizzy drinks
nutrient a substance in food that is good for you, for
b) it's making them moody and break rules
example, a vitamin or mineral protein a
c) because they replace the vitamins and nutrients
natural substance in food, which you need
teenagers' brains need
for healthy growth
d) because a junk food diet diet is bad for your health
4 Obesity in Britain
and your behaviour
5 26 million – about two thirds; a third – its current
11 They both disagree with it. One boy says he eats lots of
sixteen billion pounds – 21%; 17%; ten/10; eleven/11
fruit and vegetables. The girl says she eats foods that
6 Bread, cereal, rice and pasta are important for energy. are high in iron but her brother eats poorly – so she
Fruit is important for vitamins and minerals disagrees that the problem is worse for teenage girls
(nutrients) that protect you from disease and keep you and implies that teenage boys are equally at risk.
healthy. 14 1 – a) 120 400
Vegetables are important for protecting you from 2 – c) 150 110
disease and for keeping you healthy.
3 – c) 3075
Dairy products are important for growing and for
strong bones.
Meat, fish, beans, eggs and nuts are important for
growth and development. They help to make muscle
and tissue. Protein fills you up.
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Food group Number of
servings
Bread, cereal, rice, pasta 6–11
Fruit 2–4
Vegetables 3–5
Dairy 2–3
Meat, fish, beans, eggs, nuts 2–3
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