Obesity
Vocabulary Preview
- generation (noun) - all people of about the same age: My grandmother's generation likes the music of Om Kalthum.
- couch potato (informal noun) - someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television: My brother, who watches TV six hours a day, is a couch potato.
- obesity (noun) - the condition of being too fat in a way that is unhealthy: Faisal's eating 15 times a day led to his obesity. Faisal is obese.
- overweight (adjective) - someone who is overweight is too heavy and fat: Hessa was 20 kilos overweight.
- prematurely (adverb) and premature (adjective) - happening before the natural or proper time: His premature death at the age of 32 is a great loss.
- trend (noun) - a general tendency in the way a situation is changing or developing: The current trend is for Kuwaiti women to work after they are married.
Listening Clues
In this talk, the differences in girls' and boys' diets will be discussed. Also, it will discuss these differences affect them later when they are adults. Now, let's listen to the talk. Afterwards, answer the questions below to see how well you understood the talk.
Click on HERE to listen to the talk.
1. There are half as many girls as there are boys.
a. True
b. False
2. At present, more women die prematurely than men.
a. True
b. False
3. Girls eat less because ___.
a. they do not want to be fat
b. they eat 45 percent less than boys
c. they lead active lives
4. Researchers studied children aged ___.
a. five to seven
b. five to 17
c. none of the above
5. How many more fruits and vegetables do girls eat than boys eat?
a. 17 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 55 percent
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