What the

world eats
1) The Brown family spends far more on food.
They eat more processed and packaged food, and a lot of meat.
The Ahmed family eat more fresh food.

2) The Browns: probably a supermarket.

The Ahmed family: probably local markets and shops.

3) The Browns: meat dishes, maybe sausage, bacon and eggs, cereal
and milk for breakfast.
The Ahmed family: probably traditional Egyptian dishes
(stewed vegetables with meat and rice, or with bread).
• GM food = genetically modified (thực phẩm biến đổi gen).

• soft drinks = cold drinks without alcohol

• fizzy drinks = drinks with carbon dioxide (e.g. cola)

SYNONYMS

1) packaged food = processed food = refined food (= made purer,

e.g. white sugar) = convenience food = take-away food

2) low-fat food = sugar-free food = diet food
3) bottled drinks = canned drinks = fizzy drinks = soft drinks
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new technologies: they make food cheaper, people no longer eat

traditional food, they help food to stay fresher for
longer.
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1) new technologies: allow food to be eaten long after it was grown; foods can be
eaten a long way from where they were produced; people eat previously unknown
types of food
2) seasonal food: people used to eat only seasonal food, now they no longer need to.
3) malnutrition: some people don’t have enough to eat, while others have too much.
4) food for convenience: people eat more convenience food (and food prepared by
others)
5) processed food: food can be transported and eaten long after it was produced;
people now eat more processed food
6) obesity: rates of obesity are rising rapidly, especially in industrialised countries
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b. What is ‘nutrition transition’?

the change from not having enough to eat to eating too much
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Changes and trends

evolve, replace, change

rise, develop

1. evolve  evolution 2. rise  rise

replace  replacement develop  development
change  change