JUNK FOOD vs REAL FOOD

JUNK FOOD vs REAL FOOD

A lot of people around the world are getting fat because they eat too much “junk food”. (1) Junk food is food that has a lot of calories, but not many nutrients. Nutrients are things that your body needs, such as vitamins, minerals and fiber. (2) Most “fast food”, such as KFC and stuff sold in packages, is junk food. It comes from factories, where scientists add refined sugar, salt and vegetable oil to make it taste good. They do this because they want to make money. They do not care about your health: that is your job. (3)

Multiple Choice

Which foods are NUTRITIOUS?

• foods that have lots of vitamins, minreals and fiber

• foods that have lots of calories but no vitamins, minerals or fiber

Multiple Select

Click on all the nutritious foods!

• apple

• chips

• broccoli

• candy

• beans

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Click on all the junk foods.

• carrots

• candy bars

• doughnuts

• nuts

• coke

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Which ones do you think have REFINED SUGAR in it?

Multiple Select

Junk food is .... (Choose all the correct answers).

• food sold in packages

• food has many nutrients

• food that has refined sugar, a lot of salt and vegetable oil

• food that is good for your body

• food that comes from factories.

Junk food does taste good, too. That’s why people drink huge bags of “iced tea” and Coke, and eat a big bag of potato chips, and still feel hungry. Their brains keep telling them to eat because it knows the body does not have all the nutrients it needs. (4) Humans evolved eating three main kinds of food: meat, vegetables and fruit. These are “real foods”. Things like refined sugar, flour and vegetable oil are not part of a human’s natural diet.(5)

Poll

The words I do not know in this paragraph are...

• nutrients

• evolve

• refined

• I know all of them

• another word

Multiple Choice

We want to eat junk food because it tastes good and our brains crave more.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Junk food doesn't make us feel full for a long time.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Humans evolved eating three main kinds of food and they are .....

• meat, sugar and salt

• sugar, flour, vegetables

• meat, fruit and vagetables

• meat, salt and vegetables

In America, which has the most obese people, it is hard for poor people to find ‘real food’. Fresh vegetables and meat are only sold in supermarkets, and they are more expensive than junk foods.  In America, more poor people are obese than rich people. Even people in prisons are obese. (6) Here, we are lucky real food is still available – but so is junk food. Your body is the most valuable thing you will ever have in your life, so you should treat your body like a temple – not a garbage bin. Don’t eat junk food.(7)

Poll

The words I do not know in this paragraph are ....

• valuable

• prison

• available

• I know all the words

• another word

Multiple Choice

Which country has the most obese people?

• America

• Germany

• Turkey

• Argentina

Multiple Choice

It is difficult to find real food in the supermarkets in America.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Real food is usually cheaper in America.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In America, poor people eat more junk food.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What's your favourite real food?

Open Ended

What's your favourite junk food?