srngiz024 Broak‘ast: Not As Important As You Think | Engoo Discussion > Food & Beverages Breakfast: Not As Important As You Think Intermediate Exercise 1 Warm-up 1, What are your favorite breakfast foods? Why? 2. Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often and why? Exercise 2 Vocabulary habit Noun Phaebrt/ something that a person regularly or often does; a practice one cannot stop doing Smoking is a bad habit. active Adjective Paektav/ often doing or ready to do physical activity or exercise She is a very active person and doesn't like to spend her time watching TV at home. calorie Noun Pkaaleri/ a unit for measuring how much energy there is in food I'm very careful about how many calories | consume a day. consume verb Iken'su:m/ to use, eat, or drink something On average, teenagers in the UK consume over 200 cans of soft drink each per year. advertising Noun /zedver,tarzin/ the activity and business of trying to get people to buy products or services Newspapers rely on advertising for most of their revenue. hitpsifengoo.comiapp/essonsisiscussion ood-beverages-broaklast-not-as-importan-as-youshinkinlmDKHeEsivyN2NBIOIg?calegory id=098108YS... 1/3srngiz024 Broak‘ast: Not As Important As You Think | Engoo hire Verb Iharr/ to give someone a job We just hired a new computer specialist. Exercise 3 Article Breakfas' : Not As Important As You Think We're often told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what does the science say? The answer may not be that simple A study by the University of Bath looked at people's breakfast habits. It found very little difference between those who ate breakfast and those who did not. People who ate breakfast were more active in the morning and used about 500 extra calories a day compared to people who didn't eat breakfast. However, people who ate breakfast consumed about 500 more calories a day than those who didn’t, so there was little difference between the two groups. “| almost never have breakfast,” said Dr. Betts, one of the researchers, adding that this was one of his main reasons for doing this research. He says he is not going to start eating breakfast after seeing the results. The study lasted only six weeks, so more research is needed. But it seems likely that breakfast may not be any more important than lunch or dinner. Some suggest that the reason we believe breakfast is so important is because of advertising, especially by companies which sell breakfast food. An example of this is the work of Edward Bernays, who was hired in the 1920s by the Beech-Nut Packing Company to improve bacon sales, He asked 5,000 doctors to sign a letter saying that a good breakfast was an important part of good health. The letter suggested that a “heavy breakfast” of bacon and eggs was more healthy than a light breakfast. hitpsiiengoo.com/appilessonsidiscussion-fo0d-beverages-bveakfast-nol-as-mportant-as-you-shinkjklmDKHzEeivyiN2NbIO\g7calegory id=09a10sYS... 2/0srngiz024 Broak‘ast: Not As Important As You Think | Engoo Exercise 4 Discussion 1, What are your thoughts on the findings of this study? 2. Do people in your country often say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Please explain your answer. 3. Do you prefer a light or heavy breakfast? Why? 4, What is your favorite meal of the day? Why? 5. What do people in your country typically eat for breakfast? Please explain your answer. 6. How often do you go out for breakfast or brunch? Who do you usually go with? 7. Do you ever eat breakfast foods at dinner time? Please explain your answer. 8, At what time of day are you most active? Please explain your answer. Source This lesson is based on an article by HJ. Meech. swers @OO Presented by engoo Engoo is a service that offers lessons for those learning English. Although the lesson materials can be used for self study, they are intended for use with a teacher. To book a lesson with one of our professional teachers, please visit Engoo. hitpsiiengoo.com/appilessonsidiscussion-fo0d-beverages breakfast nol-as-mpottant-as-you-shinkjklmDKHzEeivyiN2NbIO\g7calegory id=09a10sYS... 319