WorksheetsProcessed Food Awareness Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What first made Greg Segal notice how much processed food people eat?
He read a health report
He completed a project photographing people’s weekly trash
He saw children eating fast food every day
His doctor warned him
What is the main purpose of the Daily Bread photo series?
To advertise healthy recipes
To show the most expensive meals
To make people reflect on what they consume and what a healthy diet is
To prove poor countries always eat better
Why is a Domino’s pizza almost a status symbol for the girl in Mumbai?
It is her favorite taste
Her father earns $5 a day and the pizza costs $13
It is the only restaurant in her city
She saw it on TV
According to the text, what is one major reason diets in developed countries can be poorer?
Aggressive advertising, low price, and convenience of fast food
People hate cooking
There are no vegetables available
Children refuse traditional food
What does the text say about the average American meal?
It is always home-cooked
It usually has no sugar
Up to 60% can be ultra-processed food
It contains only fresh fish and rice
The 16-year-old Isaiah Dedrick from California mostly eats
vegetables from his garden
traditional family meals every night
homemade Indian dishes
fast food high in saturated fat and sugar
Because of ultra-processed food in the U.S., what has happened?
Life expectancy has increased
Obesity has risen and life expectancy has decreased
Children have more energy
People eat less overall
What does the Daily Bread project encourage people to do?
Stop eating for a week
Photograph their own weekly food and share it
Only buy local ingredients
Eat the same food as Anchal
The 10-year-old Indian girl Anchal Sahni is surrounded by
candy and chocolate
mostly home-cooked meals and lots of vegetables
packaged snacks and soda
pizza and burgers
How does the text view the globalization of food companies?
As completely positive
As unimportant
As a threat to health and local food traditions
As only affecting rich countries
“Price influences food choices” in the text means
only rich people care about health
people often choose cheaper food even if it is less healthy
expensive food is always bad
cheap food has no advertising
Why are the photos called a “fascinating snapshot”?
They only show desserts
They reveal price, convenience, culture, and global company influence
They were taken in one day
They are the prettiest food photos ever
Before the photos were taken, the children had to
keep a food journal for a month
eat only recycled food
keep everything they ate for a week and arrange it for the photo
fast for two days
In the text, “convenience food” means food that is
grown only in one country
very expensive
quick and easy to get or prepare
cooked by a chef
What does the text hope sharing Daily Bread photos on Instagram will do?
Make companies lower prices
Start conversations and possibly improve diets
Force children to eat vegetables
Stop all advertising
Which factor is NOT mentioned as affecting what people eat?
Global food companies
Advertising
The weather in their country
How much money people have
What is the final hope expressed at the end of the article?
That fast-food restaurants will disappear
That everyone will eat exactly the same
That children will never eat pizza again
That sharing our own Daily Bread pictures may get us talking and help change diets for the better
