UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL DE BOLIVAR

Name: Angelo Franco

Class: English N2M
Teacher: Mayra Díaz

Task 1
• You are going to read a text which contains all these words.
• What is the topic of the text?
The topic is about nutrition and health.

Task 2 - Talk with your partner

• Do you think people in the Ecuador eat a healthy diet? Why?
I think people in Ecuador don’t have a healthy diet, at least most of them, because people eat a lot of
fast food.
• What do you think makes a healthy diet?
A healthy diet makes you feel good and prevents diseases.

Task 3 - Reading
• Now read the text called “A Balanced Diet’ as quickly as possible to find out more.

Task 4 - Talk with your partner again.

Use the information you just read.
• What is a balanced diet?
A balanced diet consists of a variety of foods in adequate amounts so that the body obtains sufficient
energy and nutrition
• Do you eat a balanced diet?
Yes, I am following balanced diet, I eat a variety of foods and try to eat the right amounts.
• How could you make your diet more balanced?
I could include more vegetables and fish in my diet and stop eating a lot of carbohydrates.

Task 5 – Vocabulary
• Tick the words above that you know (√)
• Where would you find these words?
• Use the words to finish the sentences below:
Carbohydrate
a. White bread, white rice and potatoes are high in _______________
Saturated Fat
b. Butter and cheese are high in _______________ s
Unsaturated Fat
c. Oily fish, for example salmon, is high in _______________
Fibre
d. Brown rice and wholegrain bread are high in _______________
e. Salted nuts, cheese and olives are high in _______________
Salt
Protein
f. Chicken, beef and lamb are high in _______________
Sugar
g. Chocolate is high in _______________

• Write a short text here about what a balanced diet should include.
A balanced diet should include proteins, carbohydrates, and vegetables in adequate amounts.

Task 7 - Complete the table

•Write a list of food that you often eat and then write what they contain.
For example:
chocolate – sugar, saturated fat
• Mark √ or X if they are healthy or unhealthy.
chocolate sugar, saturated

Food you often eat It contains a lot of ….. It is high in ……………. Is this a healthy
food?
√ =yes X – no

Chocolate sugar - saturated fat

X

Milk Protein - Fat √

Egg Unsaturated fat - Protein √

Rice Protein - Carbohydrate √

Oats Fibre - Protein √