Inglés básico en nutrición: estructura y formación de oraciones
1.
Lee el siguiente texto, 5 verbos asociados al quehacer del nutriólogo o de la
salud y alimentación. Identifica 5 sustantivos relativos a la salud, comida o
cuerpo humano (colócalos en una tabla).
5
verbos asociados al quehacer del nutriólogo
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5
sustantivos relativos a la salud
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Eating
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Scrap food
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Start
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severely overweight
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Makes
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Healthy lifestyle
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overeating
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Lose weight
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Look after
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nutritious
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a. How much
did you understand?
1.What happens if
you eat non-nutritious food?
You will have poor health and obesity
2.If you want to
lose weight, what should you eat?
Avoid foods high in calories and fats, prefer nutritious foods that do not fatten
3.Why do
bodybuilders eat food that is high in protein?
To gain weight and improve your appearance
4.Why do
vegetarians avoid meat? (Give two reasons.)
they believe that meat is bad for health and because they love animals
5.What is one of
the dangers of extreme diets?
The danger is that you can suffer food disorders dangerous to health such as anorexia.
b. Text Analysis Questions
1.What is the main
idea of this text? (paragraph 1)(What does the writer believe about food and
health?)
the foods that are consumed determine our health.
The idea of the writer is that we take into account that the food we choose will determine our state of health
2.What is the
writer's defnition of "diet"? (paragraph 2)
Diet is a plan to eat
3.List the reasons
given for going on diets. (paragraphs 2, 3)
People follow diets to lose weight, gain weight and improve appearance, for a better way of life or take care of health
4.What are the
writer's definitions of "eating disorder" and "anorexia"?
(paragraph 4)
Eating disorder involves overeating or not eating.
Anorexia calls it the compulsion not to eat
5.Why does the
writer give us the example of anorexia? What does this example show?
It gives us this definition of anorexia to understand the severity of an eating disorder and the degree to which it can arrive if it is not attended to in time.
6.What is the
purpose of this article?(Who is it for? What is the main idea? What is the
writer's message
The purpose is to understand the importance of a good diet to have a good state of health and is directed to all public interested in the subject. The message is clear, health depends on your diet.
References:
Unadm (s,f) Inglés básico en nutrición. Consultado
el 20 de 2019