The Reading / Listening - Late-night Eating - Level 2

We all know eating late is bad for us. A new study says it could make us sick. Researchers say that eating before bedtime increases the risk of obesity. The researchers are linked to Harvard Medical School in the USA. They looked into why eating late increased the risk of putting on weight. They found that eating late doubles our feeling of hunger, so we eat more. When we eat earlier, we are less hungry, so we eat less food. Later eaters also eat unhealthier food, especially fast food. They also move around less before sleeping. This means they do not burn off calories.

The study was a small one. Researchers looked at the eating habits of 16 people between the ages of 25 and 59. They all had a high body mass index (BMI). They were all overweight or obese. However, they were in good health. They ate breakfast regularly and exercised a little. Before each test, they did not drink coffee or alcohol, and they did not smoke or take medicine or drugs. They kept a sleep diary so researchers knew their sleeping times. A researcher said: "I think what the study is telling us is that it probably really is beneficial to stop eating late into the night."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Late-night Eating - Level 0 Late-night Eating - Level 1   or  Late-night Eating - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/why-might-eating-late-increase-weight-gain-risk#What-we-eat-is-crucial-to-health
  • https://www.salon.com/2022/10/09/fasting-and-late-dinners/
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/eating-late-can-change-how-you-burn-calories-and-store-fat-depressing-study-finds


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. We all know eating late
  2. it could make
  3. increases the risk
  4. the risk of putting
  5. eating late doubles our
  6. When we eat earlier,
  7. Later eaters also eat
  8. they do not burn
  1. we are less hungry
  2. off calories
  3. feeling of hunger
  4. us sick
  5. unhealthier food
  6. is bad for us
  7. on weight
  8. of obesity

Paragraph 2

  1. The study was a small
  2. the eating habits
  3. a high body
  4. They were all overweight
  5. they were in good
  6. exercised
  7. They kept a sleep
  8. it probably really is beneficial
  1. health
  2. mass index
  3. diary
  4. a little
  5. of 16 people
  6. or obese
  7. to stop
  8. one

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

We all know eating late (1) ___________________ us. A new study says it could make us sick. Researchers say that eating before bedtime increases (2) ___________________ obesity. The researchers are linked to Harvard Medical School in the USA. They looked (3) ___________________ late increased the risk of putting on weight. They found that eating (4) ___________________ feeling of hunger, so we eat more. When we eat earlier, we are less hungry, so we (5) ___________________. Later eaters also eat unhealthier food, especially fast food. They also move around less before sleeping. This means they do not (6) __________________.

The study (7) ___________________ one. Researchers looked at the eating habits of 16 people between the ages of 25 and 59. They all had a high body mass index (BMI). They (8) ___________________ or obese. However, they were in good health. They ate breakfast regularly and (9) ___________________. Before each test, they did not drink coffee or alcohol, and they did not smoke or take (10) ___________________. They kept a sleep diary so researchers knew their sleeping times. A researcher said: "I think what the study (11) ___________________ is that it probably really is beneficial to stop eating (12) ___________________ night."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Weallknoweatinglateisbadforus.Anewstudysaysitcouldmakeussick.
Researcherssaythateatingbeforebedtimeincreasestheriskofobesity.
TheresearchersarelinkedtoHarvardMedicalSchoolintheUSA.Theyloo
kedintowhyeatinglateincreasedtheriskofputtingonweight.Theyfoun
dthateatinglatedoublesourfeelingofhunger,soweeatmore.Whenwee
atearlier,wearelesshungry,soweeatlessfood.Latereatersalsoeatunh
ealthierfood,especiallyfastfood.Theyalsomovearoundlessbeforesle
eping.Thismeanstheydonotburnoffcalories.Thestudywasasmallone.
Researcherslookedattheeatinghabitsof16peoplebetweentheagesof
25and59.Theyallhadahighbodymassindex(BMI).Theywerealloverw
eightorobese.However,theywereingoodhealth.Theyatebreakfastre
gularlyandexercisedalittle.Beforeeachtest,theydidnotdrinkcoffeeor
alcohol,andtheydidnotsmokeortakemedicineordrugs.Theykeptasle
epdiarysoresearchersknewtheirsleepingtimes.Aresearchersaid:"Ith
inkwhatthestudyistellingusisthatitprobablyreallyisbeneficialtostope
atinglateintothenight."

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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