Name:_________________ Class:____( ) Date:__________ Mark:____

NEWSPAPER CUTTING (4-10-2004 SCMP)

Read the newspaper article on page 5 and then complete the following tasks.

Task One: Complete the following with information from the article.

1. Establishment of the non-profit Sports for Life Foundation

__More__ and __more__ children are overweight or obese in Hong

Kong.

A group of concerned __sports enthusiasts_ (Sports Ministry ) and

__doctors__ (HKMA) has formed Sports for Life Foundation.

The aims of the foundations are

a) to __highlight the threat of obesity_____________________
________________________________________________
b) to __educate the public on the importance of
exercise________
________________________________________________

2. Factors leading to obesity:

a) Hong Kong people __are eating more fast food than ever

before_____

b) Children _are doing more school

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 work_________________________

c) Children’s _extra-curricular activities are sedentary_____________

e.g. __watching TV__ and __sitting in front of the computer__

3. Illnesses associated with obesity:

a. __heart disease____________ b. __certain cancers________

c. __arthritis_______________ d. __respiratory problems____

e. __hypertension____________ f. __psychological disorders__

g. __Type 2 diabetes__________ h. __stroke______________

4. Support from Jacky Cheung Hok-yau:

Jacky is a __sports enthusiast ________________________

_______________________________________________

He understands __the importance of exercise____________

_______________________________________________

He wants __to bring attention to the problem of obesity in Hong

__Kong__________________________________________

He will __perform at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition

Centre on 5/10/04 night____________________________

He then __will donate the proceeds from his concert to the ___
__foundation______________________________________
_
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5. Two important figures about obesity and health problem:

a) _overweight children are 3 to 5 times more likely to suffer a heart

attack or stroke before the age of 65 than children who have no

weight problems_

b) _The risk of obesity among inactive children is double that of normal

children__

6. Which Chinese way of thinking should we get rid of?(In complete

sentence)

We should get rid of the Chinese concept that to be a little chubby is

good

7. BMI

a) Full Term

BMI = __The Body Mass Index____________

Weight
= Height

b) Uses of BMI

To _measure whether a person is at risk of weight-related health

problems_________________________________________

To _determine whether people are obese____________________

c) Interpretation of BMI rating

25-30  __overweight__________
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 > 30  __obese______________

Task Two: Language Input

1. Which three words/phrases from the passage are close in meaning to

“danger”?

a) __risk_________________

b) __threat_______________

c) __an invisible time bomb____

2. Find the (other) noun form of the following words

Persuaded Persuasion Encourage Encouragement

Enthusiasts Enthusiasm Obese Obesity

Epidemic Epidemic Diagnose Diagnosis

Disappointed Disappointment Curricular Curriculum

Urgent Urgency paediatric Paediatrics

Task Three: Write in about 100 words to suggest what adults should do to

help children stay fit and prevent obesity among children.

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