Pre-reading questions:
- What is your favorite food?
- Do you know that there unhealthy kinds of food?
Malnutrition is being underweight or overweight. It affects a third of the world’s population. People who do not exercise and have poor diet are at risk. Middle income countries suffer more from malnutrition. Experts say that governments must do something to prevent it. Nutrition is a public issue and state responsibility. Governments should give more funds to grow healthy foods. They should also educate consumers about healthy living.
Vocabulary:
malnutrition – [noun] the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating healthy food
underweight – [adjective] weighing less than what is normal, average or necessary
overweight – [adjective] weighing more than what is normal, necessary or allowed
middle-income – [adjective] having an income that is not so low and not so high; average income
responsibility – [noun] a duty or task that is required or expected to do
True or False:
- Malnutrition is not being under weight or over weight.
- It affects a third of the world’s population.
- Middle east countries suffer more from malnutrition.
- Nutrition is not a public issue and state responsibility.
- Government should also educate consumers about healthy living.