The Reading / Listening - Ultra-processed Food - Level 5

A study reveals further possible dangers of eating ultra-processed food. Consuming food like sausages, frozen pizza, ready-to-eat meals, sodas and cakes can increase the risk of cancer, heart disease or early death. Ultra-processed food is made in factories from ingredients that are largely or totally from a laboratory. They are things like preservatives, flavour enhancers, colourings, sugar and fats. The 28-year study was on 200,000 people in the USA. A researcher said men who ate a lot of ultra-processed food had a 29 per cent higher risk of developing bowel cancer.

We are eating more and more ultra-processed food. The WHO says it makes up around two-thirds of the calories of American children and teenagers. A doctor said children who ate ultra-processed food gained weight more quickly than those who ate a well balanced diet. She said we get a large percentage of our daily calories from this food. She advised us to look after our bodies better through our diets. She said we should substitute ultra-processed food with unprocessed or minimally processed food to prevent cancer, obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Ultra-processed Food - Level 4 or  Ultra-processed Food - Level 6

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/health/ultraprocessed-foods-cancer-early-death-wellness/index.html
  • https://scitechdaily.com/ultra-processed-foods-linked-with-heart-disease-bowel-cancer-and-death/
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ultra-processed-foods-linked-to-heart-disease-cancer-and-death-studies-show


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. A study reveals further
  2. ready-to-eat
  3. cakes can increase the risk
  4. Ultra-processed food is
  5. largely or totally from
  6. sugar and
  7. men who
  8. risk of developing bowel
  1. made in factories
  2. ate a lot
  3. possible dangers
  4. cancer
  5. of cancer
  6. meals
  7. a laboratory
  8. fats

Paragraph 2

  1. We are eating more
  2. around two-thirds
  3. gained
  4. a well
  5. daily
  6. She advised us to look
  7. unprocessed or minimally
  8. cardiovascular
  1. after our bodies
  2. and more
  3. diseases
  4. of the calories
  5. balanced diet
  6. processed food
  7. calories
  8. weight more quickly

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A (1) ___________________ possible dangers of eating ultra-processed food. Consuming (2) ___________________, frozen pizza, ready-to-eat meals, sodas and cakes can increase the risk of cancer, heart disease (3) ___________________. Ultra-processed food is made in factories from ingredients that are largely or totally from a laboratory. They are (4) ___________________, flavour enhancers, colourings, (5) ___________________. The 28-year study was on 200,000 people in the USA. A researcher said men who ate a lot of ultra-processed food had a 29 per cent higher risk of (6) ___________________.

We are eating (7) ___________________ ultra-processed food. The WHO says it makes up around two-thirds (8) ___________________ of American children and teenagers. A doctor said children who ate ultra-processed (9) ___________________ more quickly than those who ate a (10) ___________________. She said we get a large percentage of our daily calories from this food. She advised us to look after our (11) ___________________ our diets. She said we should substitute ultra-processed food with unprocessed or minimally processed food to prevent cancer, (12) ___________________ diseases.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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yortotallyfromalaboratory.Theyarethingslikepreservatives,flavoure
nhancers,colourings,sugarandfats.The28-yearstudywason200,00
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dfoodhada29percenthigherriskofdevelopingbowelcancer.Weareeati
ngmoreandmoreultra-processedfood.TheWHOsaysitmakesuparoun
dtwo-thirdsofthecaloriesofAmericanchildrenandteenagers.Adoctors
aidchildrenwhoateultra-processedfoodgainedweightmorequicklyth
anthosewhoateawellbalanceddiet.Shesaidwegetalargepercentageo
fourdailycaloriesfromthisfood.Sheadvisedustolookafterourbodiesbe
tterthroughtheirdiets.Shesaidweshouldsubstituteultra-processedfo
odwithunprocessedorminimallyprocessedfoodtopreventcancer,obe
sityandcardiovasculardiseases.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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