Text interpretation, “Weight loss”, aimed at 2nd year high school students.
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Weight loss is a slow process, but not impossible. To lose weight with health, we cannot eagerly go after any “miracle” diet that restricts our diet to a few calories. Losing weight is adopting a healthy lifestyle, so it's best to seek help from a nutritionist who prepares a menu that helps you to eliminate only the fat and not your health!
Basics of nutrition and health
Our body, to stay healthy, needs some special care, food being one of them. Good nutrition contributes to good health. According to the World Health Organization, health is defined as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of the individual, not just the absence of disease”.
Nutrition is the science that studies food and its relationship with health, the nutritional value of food, metabolism, the balance of diets and the factors that affect health, which can be social, psychological, cultural and economical.
The science of nutrition, therefore, has the basic purpose of contributing to the process of populations, aiming to improve the nutritional status of individuals and, consequently, their health.
Good nutritional status is responsible for the proper functioning of the body, contributing to health and preventing diseases. A well-fed individual has more and better mood, which contributes to his emotional balance, improving his social adjustment.
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Question 1 - According to the text, what is the concept of health?
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Question 2 - Identify the purpose of using the connective "therefore", present in the penultimate paragraph of the text:
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Question 3 - Review the following statements about the text:
I. The so-called “miracle” diets harm the health of the individual who practices them.
II. Adequate nutrition works to prevent diseases.
III. The healthy individual is one who does not have diseases.
Only what is stated in:
there
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) I, II and III.
Question 4 – In “[…] behind any “miraculous” diet that we restricts low calorie diet. […]”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
a) push
b) light
c) limit
d) enable
Question 5 - The item below in which the highlighted element has its semantic value correctly indicated is:
a) “To lose weight in health, we cannot go out eagerly behind […]". (mode)
b) “Our body, to keep healthy, needs some care […]”. (explanation)
c) “[…] and social of the individual, and not only the absence of disease”. (condition)
d) “A well-fed individual has more and better mood, […]”. (addition)
Question 6 – Identify the referents of the underlined pronominal forms:
a) “[…] that US restricts food to a few calories.”.
B) "[…] what create a menu […]”.
c) “[…] with food being a their.”.
d) “[…] which they can be social, psychological, cultural and economic.”.
e) “[…] and consequently of your health.".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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