This is a short listening about the effect on our health of consuming too many calories.
Before listening, discuss these questions with your partner / group:
- Do you enjoy eating in restaurants and fast food outlets?
- Is restaurant food more or less healthy than home-cooked food?
- Do you ever look at the nutritional value labels on packaged foods?
- Are there certain foods that you avoid because you think they are bad for your health?
As you listen, try to work out the answer to this question:
Why is gaining weight more likely if we consume restaurant foods?
Before listening, check that you understand the meaning of these words:
| Word | Part of speech | Word | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| calorie | noun | weight management | noun |
| nutritional | adjective | literate | adjective |
| obesity | noun | lobbying | verb |
| discrepancy | noun | sodium | noun |
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