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DOES SCHOOL MAKE YOU FAT?
Children today are much fatter than they used to be . A recent study found that children gain a lot of weight during their first three years of school .
So why do children gain weight when they start studying at school ? One reason can be that they do very little physical activity . Before children start school, they spend most of their time playing and running around . But at school they are inactive most of the time and spend many hours sitting on a chair . During the breaks, they don’t do any physical activity : they don’t run, they don’t play ball games and they don’t jump . Instead, they spend their breaks playing games on their cell phones .
Another possible reason is that children of that age usually eat unhealthy and fattening food . Children prefer to eat snacks such as chocolate bars, potato chips or cookies . These snacks are full of sugar and fat . In addition, when the children are thirsty, they prefer to drink sweet soft drinks like cola instead of drinking water . These soft drinks are full of
sugar .
It is not healthy to be overweight . So how can we deal with this problem ? Parents should make sure that their children eat healthy food . Schools should think about how to make
students more active and get more physical exercise during the school day . In addition, schools should make sure that the school cafeteria doesn’t sell unhealthy food, or any sweet soft drinks . Teachers should teach the students about the importance of eating healthy food and doing sports .
If children eat healthy food, and exercise, we can hope that in the future schoolchildren will not gain too much weight .
1.In lines 1 – 3 the writer talks about a problem . What is the problem?
i ) Children in the past were thinner .
ii ) Children become fatter in school .
iii ) Children gain weight before they start school .
2.COMPLETE THE SENTENCE . ( lines 4 – 10 )
Children are fatter today because they__________________________________________.
3.What do children do during the school breaks ? ( lines 4 – 10 )
i ) They run .
ii ) They play ball games .
iii ) They play on their cell phones .
4.Give ONE reason why children are fatter today . ( lines 11 – 15 )
ANSWER : ___________________________________________.
5.”Potato chips” ( line 12 ) are an example of snacks that ( _ )
i ) children eat only at school
ii ) teenagers eat after drinking coke
iii ) are fattening and unhealthy
6.According to lines 16 – 21, parents should make sure that their children ( _ ) .
i ) eat after exercising
ii ) are inactive during the school day
iii ) eat food that is good for their health
7.How can schools help to prevent children becoming overweight ? Name ONE way . (lines 16 – 21 )
ANSWER : _____________________________________________.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE . ( lines 22 – 23 )
8. In the future, children will not gain too much weight if they _________________________________________________________.
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Published: Nov 30, 2020
Latest Revision: Nov 30, 2020
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