1. Units of measurement of energy in food.

(Example: She's counting to try _and /ose weight)

2. A compound which is an essential part of living cells, one of the elements in food which you need to
keep the human body working properly.
(Example: Eggs are a rich source of )_
3. A chemical substance containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
(Example: Bread, potatoes and rice are good sources of )_
4. A white substance from plants or animals which can be used for cooking.
(Example: Fry the meat and drain off the )
5. Matter in food which cannot be digested and passes out of the body.
(Example: A diet that doesn't contain enough can cause intestinal problems)
6. A fatty substance found in fats and oils, also produced by the liver and forming an essential part of
all cells.
(Example: If you eat too much , it can be deposited on the walls of
arteries, causing them to become blocked)
7. Essential substance which is not synthesized by the body but is found in food and is needed for health
and growth.
(Example: He doesn't eat enough fruit and suffers from C deficiency)
8. Substance which is found in food, but which can also be dug out of the earth.
(Example: What is the content of spinach?)
9. Too heavy, often as a result of eating too much.
(Example; The doctor says I'm and must go on a diet)
10. The result of not having enough to eat, or the result of eating too much of the wrong sort of food.
(Example: Many of the children in the refugee camp were )
11. Receiving food.
(Example: We are developing a scheme to improve in the poorer areas

Answers
Page 73 Food and diet answers
Task 1
1. calories 2. protein 3. carbohydrate 4. fat 5. fibre (we can also use the word roughage)
6. cholesterol
7. vitamin 8. mineral (we often talk about the vitamin or mineral content of a food) 9.
overweight (if somebody
is very overweight, we can say they are obese) 10. malnourished 11. nutrition (we often
talk about the nutritional
value of a food. The adjective is nutritious. A person who specializes in the study of
nutrition and advises on diets is
called a nutritionist)
Note: Fats in food come under four categories: saturated fat (which contains the largest
amount of hydrogen
possible); unsaturated fat; polyunsaturated fat (which is less likely to be converted into
cholesterol in the
body); and monounsaturated fat
Task
1. H
2
2. C 3. A 4. I 5. D 6. E 7. B 8. F 9. J 10. G
Task 3
1. fast food 2/3. minerals / vitamins (in either order) 4 / 5. fat / carbohydrates (in either
order) 6. malnutrition
(the adjective is malnourished) 7. scarcity 8. harvest 9. balanced diet 10.fibre 11.
fat/cholesterol 12. calories
13, Genetically modified 14. organic 15/16. salmonella / listeria (in either order) 17. food
poisoning
Other words and expressions which you might find useful include:
consume / consumption / underweight / eating disorder / anorexia / anorexic / bulimia /
bulimic / vegetarian / vegan
health foods
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