Vocabulary
Academic Word List
- category
- defined
- discriminated
- formula
- index
- indicates
- inherent
- norm
- perception
- shifted
- discriminated
- indicates
Other Vocabulary
- cardiovascular
- detrimental
- diabetes
- inflict
- joints
- metabolism
- mobility
- prevalence
- self-esteem
- spectrum
- strokes
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do exercises 1 and 2.
Pre-Reading
Use the questions to begin a discussion. Try to be sure everyone in your group gives their opinion and explains why they hold that opinion before moving on to the next question.
- What are some of the consequences for people who are overweight both medically and socially?
- How does society generally treat people who are overweight? Why do you think this is so?
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do Exercise 3.
Reading
Read the title of the Reading passage. In your group, discuss what this means to you and try to predict what the Reading may be about.
Obesity
Exercise
Look at the first paragraph of a larger Reading, which is only an Introduction to the topic. In your group, predict what you believe the rest of the reading will be about and some of the topics that might be discussed. Try to find the General Statement and Thesis Statement in the Introduction and write your summary of them in Exercise 4. Try to rephrase vocabulary as much as possible.
Obesity
One of the trending health issues that seems to be in the media constantly is obesity and how Canadians seem to becoming more and more overweight. However, there is a lack of knowledge in the general public about what it means to be obese. First a definition of the state of obesity as a medical condition needs to be given before further discussion. After this, the prevalence of obesity and its inherent health risks will be outlined.
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