NAME: SYAMIMI FADHLIN BT MOHD FAISAL

STUDENT ID: 2021468534

GROUP: BA2422E

QUESTION 1
a) addict (line 4) : fanatic
b) embrace (line 15) : accept
c) emphasizes (line 19) : point up
d) premium (line 42) : additional payment
e) trimmed (line 53) : cut

QUESTION 2
a) Stated main idea: Nevertheless, many of the dishes glorified by the wholesome food
movement are calories dense as anything served at fast food joints.
b) Major supporting detail: The Vegan Cheesy Salad Booster from Whole Foods is deemed
to be high in calories, although enhanced with spirulina, chlorella, and sea vegetables.
c) Minor supporting detail: Trader Joe's, another advocate of wholesome foods, sells a
calorie packed snack food called Inner Peas, consisting of peas that are breaded in cornmeal
and rice flour, fried in sunflower oil, and then sprinkled with salt.

QUESTION 3
a) Topic: Effects of processed foods
b) Evidence 1: Another central claim of the wholesome-food movement is that wholesome
food is healthier because it does not have the artificial flavors, preservatives, other
additives, or genetically modified ingredients found in industrialized food.
c) Evidence 2: Robert Kushner, a physician and obesity scientist at Northwestern University's
medical school noted that there is simply no clear, credible evidence that any aspect of food
processing or storage makes a food uniquely unhealthy.
 QUESTION 4
i. Inference: Jamy Ard, a disease transmission researcher and preventive pharmaceutical
analyst at Wake Timberland Baptist Therapeutic Center in North Carolina, emphasized the
significance of such steps in the production of prepared foods.
ii. Evidence 1: Fast food became popular because it is tasty,
iii. Evidence 2: It makes a lot more sense to look for small, beneficial changes in that food
than it does to hold out for big changes in what people eat that have no realistic chance of
happening.

QUESTION 5
i. Implied main idea: In fact, McDonald's has been quietly shrinking portion sizes, reducing
fats, and trimming average salt content by more than 10 per cent in the past couple of years
alone, as well as adding fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, and oatmeal.
ii. Evidence 1: In May, the chain dropped its Angus third pounder and announced a new line
of quarter-pound burgers, to be served on buns with whole grains.
iii. Evidence 2: Barbara Booth, the company's director of sensory science, believed that
considerable amount of thoughts has been given by the company to bring nutritionally
balanced meals that include enough protein along with the tastes and satisfaction that have
an appetite-tiding effect.

QUESTION 6
a) Type of support: Reasons
b) Example: Big food companies are making people sick, opined Michael Pollan, bestselling
author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
c) Type of support: Specific examples
d) Example: There are similar complaints on processed food from many experts such as
scientists, physicians, food activists, nutritionists, celebrity chefs and food critics.

QUESTION 7
a) Type of support: Expert opinion
b) Type of support: Descriptions and anecdotes
QUESTION 8
a) T
b) T
c) F

QUESTION 9
Making fast food more nutritious is a good idea in my opinion. There are three reasons why
fast food should be healthier. To begin, stay away from milkshakes masquerading as gourmet
coffee drinks. It's because a milkshake has 900 calories and 24 g of fat. Second, don't triple,
quadruple, or even double the meat patties. The average person requires 60-80 g of protein per
day, or about 21 g of protein in a typical meal. Finally, skip the garnishes. "Adding pecans,
bacon bits, or croutons to your salad will significantly increase the fat, sugar, salt, and calories,"
Shaw-Ewald advises.

QUESTION 10
a) i. Type of reasoning: deductive
ii. Explanation for type of reasoning: The paragraph starts with a general rule. Another
central claim of the wholesome-food movement is that wholesome is healthier because
it does not have the artificial flavours, preservatives, other additives, or genetically
modified ingredients found in industrialized food. Then from that, we can conclude that
Robert Kushner, a physician and obesity scientist at Northwestern University’s medical
school, noted that there is simply no clear, credible evidence that any aspect of food
processing or storage makes a food uniquely unhealthy.

b) i. Type of reasoning: inductive

ii. Explanation for type of reasoning: The paragraph starts with specific details There
is no question that people can make small, painless, but helpful changes in their diets by
switching from Whoppers to turkey burgers, from Egg McMuffins to Egg White
Delights, or from blueberry crisp to fruit-and-yoghurt parfaits. Followed by a
generalized statement, food advocates can advise fast food companies to ensure that
while companies make profits, they can also ensure their customers’ health.
QUESTION 11
i. Underlying assumption: Processed food making people overweight for the last 20 years.
ii. Evidence 1: The food-industrial complex, particularly the fast-food industry, has
engineered its offerings to addict us to fat, sugar, and salt, causing or at least heavily
contributing to the obesity crisis.
iii. Evidence 2: Globally, there has been an increased intake of fast foods that are high in fat
and sugars.