Dietary needs

How healthy are your preferences?

​

Think about what you have eaten over the last week. Make a list of 10 things you remember.

What factors have influenced your food choices?

Share your thoughts with your partners. 

TASK

READ THE ARTICLE INCLUDED IN TEAMS - FILES: MANAGING A PATIENT'S DIETARY NEEDS.

​

YOU WILL ANSWER A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ BASED ON IT.

Multiple Choice

1. The ‘plate model’...

• ... is used to promote the UK Department of Health.

• ... shows the proportions of a healthy diet.

• c. ... shows a typical diet for a teenager.

Multiple Choice

2. An energy-dense diet ...

• ... may be appropriate for someone in ill-heath.

• ... includes predominantly complex carbohydrates.

• ... should be avoided by women during pregnancy.

Multiple Choice

3. Our food preferences ...

• a. ... can develop over time.

• b. ... change on a daily basis.

• c. ... are solely determined by our parents.

Multiple Choice

4. Someone who is overweight has a BMI of...

• a. ... more than 32.

• b. ... less than 23.

• c. ... over 24.9.

Multiple Choice

5. Metabolism is ...

• a. ... affected by age.

• b. ... used to reduce the patient’s weight.

• c. ... a disease suffered by obese people.

Multiple Choice

6. Obesity management ...

• a. ... is often unsuccessful.

• b. ... should be individualised.

• c. ... aims to maintain the patient’s weight.

COLLOCATIONS

A collocation is two words which we use together as a set phrase. For example we say a “tall building” rather than a “high building”. We use collocations all the time in English, so learning and using them will make you sound more natural.

PRACTICE TASK

• In your article, there are 10 collocations.

• Find them and try to complete the following exercise.

GROUP TASK

With a little help from your friends, please complete the columns.

SPEAKING TASK

Case Study

In group, discuss the following case study. Use all the collocations we used in the previous tasks.

CASE STUDY

Ms Queen is an 82 year old woman with progressive dementia and has lived in a residential care home for 2 years.

She wanders restlessly all around the clock and rarely spends more than a few minutes at anything.

The staff is really worried because she is losing a lot of weight.