Text interpretation, “You are what you eat”, aimed at students in the 1st year of high school. The text informs about childhood obesity in Brazil, through the presentation of worrying data and recommendations aimed at combating this health problem.
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It has been proven in research that children who maintain a good eating habit and who control their weight are more likely to become healthy adults and always do well with the scales. The reverse logic is unfortunately also confirmed: children who spend their childhood above their normal weight tend to become obese adults and constantly “fight” with the scale.
Today, Brazil has an unpleasant title: world champion for overweight children up to five years old (between 10% and 15% of the ideal). For this reason, parents and guardians have the mission to guide and re-educate their little ones to avoid a major obesity epidemic, a disease treated with great concern throughout the world. Regular, moderate meals, five times a day and always by appointment are a good formula to start putting the house in order and improving the health of the children.
“O Globo Sports”, July 17, 2010.
Question 1 - Identify the subject of the text:
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Question 2 - Transcribe the guidelines, presented in the text, concerning the fight against obesity:
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Question 3 - In “[…] they tend to become obese adults and constant "fight" with the scale.", the term shown could be replaced by:
a) consequent
b) incessant
c) worrying
d) disturbing
Question 4 – Watch:
“[…] parents and guardians has the mission to guide and re-educate their little ones […]”.
a) Identify the referent of the underlined verb:
b) Explain why the caret in the highlighted verb:
c) Find another example of a verb that follows the same rule in the text:
Question 5 - Reread the first paragraph. Then explain the use of quotation marks in the word "fight":
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Question 6 – Analysis:
“Today, Brazil has a very unpleasant title […]”.
The term highlighted in this excerpt establishes a relationship in the text of:
a) adversity
b) compliance
c) proportion
d) time
Question 7 – Review:
“It's been proven in research. than children who maintain a good eating habit […]”.
The way in which the text was introduced serves the purpose of, except:
a) Function as an argument from authority.
b) Convey reliability to the reader.
c) Attest that the information contained in the text has scientific support.
d) Demonstrate that this is a matter related to the health area.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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