Obesity: Course: Conversation Class 24

COURSE: CONVERSATION
CLASS 24
OBESITY
WARM UP:
1) What comes to your mind when you hear the word
“obesity”?
2) What do you know about obesity?
3) How much of a problem is obesity in your country?
4) Which people in your country are obese?
5) Why is obesity bad for your health?
6) Why is obesity increasing?
7) What should governments do to combat obesity?
8) Do you think obese people should pay higher medical charges?
9) Why don’t parents do enough to stop their children from becoming obese?
10) Is obesity immoral when so many people in the world are starving?
11) Which is worse, obesity or anorexia?
12) Should schools ban junk food to fight obesity?
13) Do you think obesity will be more of a problem in the future?
14) Do you think there are any drugs that can reduce obesity?
15) Do you think children should be taken into care if their parents let them
become obese?
16) Do you see any relationship between obesity and video games?
17) Should there be a “fat tax” on food that is very high in calories?
18) What do you think of the “big is beautiful” phenomena in the USA?
19) Is obesity a disease or a choice?
20) Do you think obese people should have special seats in airplanes and pay
more money?
EATING HABITS
Match the words with the definitions:
1. A vegetarian a) A person who does not eat or use any

animal products, such as meat, fish, eggs,
cheese or leather
2. A vegan b) Someone who eats only raw food.
c) A person who does not eat meat for health

3. A crudivore or religious reasons or because they want to
avoid being cruel to animals
 Listen to a recording on obesity and the relation between obesity and

fast food and complete the following text:
Fast food: love it or run away from it?

There’s little doubt about the link between obesity and _____________.
The obesity _____________ has grown side by side with the fast food industry. Fast
food has become cheaper and _________________.
Fast food _________ has spread around the world and with it obesity has followed.
There are many ____________due to obesity, which include _____________
diabetes, arthritis, ___________, sleep apnea and many other illnesses. Avoid
unhealthy fast food, there are many better healthy _____________.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3925975/fast_food_and_obesity_link/
 Food Questionnaire SPEAKING
1. How often do you eat…?

a) takeaway food b) ready-cooked meals
c) low-fat food d) home-made food
2. What’s your favourite meal?
3. Which foods do you hate? Which foods do you love?
4. Describe the perfect romantic dinner.
5. Do you enjoy cooking? Do you use recipes when you cook?
6. Have you ever been on a diet? Did it work?
7. What is your favourite restaurant?
8. What is the most expensive meal you have ever eaten?
9. Do you agree with the saying ‘you are what you eat’?
10. What is the most unusual food you have ever tasted?
11. Describe your typical breakfast, lunch and dinner.
12. If you were on death row, what would you choose for your last meal?
13. What are the local specialty meals in your home town?
14. Who is the best cook in your family?
15. Does your family have any special recipes that are passed down from
generation to generation?
Healthy Lifestyle Cloze
Choose a word from the list to fill each gap:
cure evidence exercise fast foods healthiest
heart attacks illnesses increase obesity overeating
sedentary weight
In the last forty years, more and more people in Western countries like
the U.S.A., Great Britain and Australia have become very overweight, a
condition that doctors call . In the last twenty years obesity
rates have also increased in developing countries, especially among
young people who have been targeted by advertisements for
Western like hamburgers, pizzas, deep-fried chicken and
donuts.
Obesity is a very serious health problem because obese people have a
much higher chance of developing many serious than people
of normal weight. These illnesses include heart disease, which can lead
to fatal , Type 2 diabetes, which can cause blindness, kidney
disease and the loss of arms and legs, and many types of cancer, which
can be very difficult to . But the chances of developing these
terrible illnesses is greatly reduced if we can keep our bodies at a
healthy .
Research has found that there are three main causes of obesity. The first
is , which means eating more food than our bodies need. The
second is what scientists call a lifestyle, which means
spending too much time sitting in front of a television or computer, and

not enough time doing physical work or exercise. The third cause is
eating unhealthy foods, especially foods that the amount of
fat in our bodies and make us put on weight.
A lot of shows that the unhealthiest foods are those with high
levels of animal fat like processed and fatty meats, egg yolks and high-
fat dairy products, and those with high levels of refined carbohydrates
like white bread, sugar, sweets, cakes, snack foods and soft drinks. The
evidence also shows that the foods are fresh fruits and
vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish and other seafood. If we
mostly eat these healthy foods, and also get plenty of , we
should enjoy long and healthy lives.
TASK1 Match the descriptions 1-5 to the situations a-e.
1 Very thin teenage girls who don't eat because they think they're too
fat.
2 People caught in a famine in Africa.
3 A whole family, all ill after eating out.
4 People who are so fat it's very unhealthy.
5 Teenage boys who eat too much chocolate.
a They're starving to death.

b They are obese.
c They've got food poisoning.
d They can get really bad spots.
e They are anorexic.

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2) What do you know about obesity?

3) How much of a problem is obesity in your country?

4) Which people in your country are obese?

5) Why is obesity bad for your health?

6) Why is obesity increasing?

7) What should governments do to combat obesity?

8) Do you think obese people should pay higher medical charges?

11) Which is worse, obesity or anorexia?

12) Should schools ban junk food to fight obesity?

13) Do you think obesity will be more of a problem in the future?

19) Is obesity a disease or a choice?

Match the words with the definitions:

1. A vegetarian a) A person who does not eat or use any

c) A person who does not eat meat for health

 Listen to a recording on obesity and the relation between obesity and

Fast food: love it or run away from it?

 Food Questionnaire SPEAKING

1. How often do you eat…?

condition that doctors call . In the last twenty years obesity

rates have also increased in developing countries, especially among

young people who have been targeted by advertisements for

Western like hamburgers, pizzas, deep-fried chicken and

Obesity is a very serious health problem because obese people have a

much higher chance of developing many serious than people

to fatal , Type 2 diabetes, which can cause blindness, kidney

can be very difficult to . But the chances of developing these

terrible illnesses is greatly reduced if we can keep our bodies at a

second is what scientists call a lifestyle, which means

spending too much time sitting in front of a television or computer, and

eating unhealthy foods, especially foods that the amount of

fat in our bodies and make us put on weight.

vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish and other seafood. If we

should enjoy long and healthy lives.

TASK1 Match the descriptions 1-5 to the situations a-e.

a They're starving to death.

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