Understanding how much sugar and saturated fat (饱和脂肪) is in your drink can be confusing. Many of us end up having too much without realizing it. Saturated fat is often added into drinks to improve their “mouth-feel”. But having too much of both sugar and saturated fat can increase your risk of diabetes (糖尿病). Too much sugar can also lead to obesity (肥胖).

Nutri-Grade “grades” your drinks based on their sugar and saturated fat levels. Think of this as a score. Drinks graded “A” have the lowest sugar and saturated fat content, while drinks graded “D” have the highest.

Starting from the end of 2023, all drinks sold in Singapore must put a Nutri-Grade label (标签) on the drinks, according to sugar and saturated fat levels.

To manage your sugar and saturated fat intake, drink less Nutri-Grade C and D drinks and go for healthier choice or Nutri-Grade A or B drinks or simply choose water.

A．	B．
C．	D．

A．	B．
C．	D．

Do you think breakfast important? Last week, several students from Xingfu Middle School made a survey among 500 people on the streets. The diagrams below show the results.

It is good to see 65 percent of the people eat breakfast every day. However, some people seldom eat breakfast or don’t eat breakfast at all. People who don’t eat breakfast have different reasons. Most are too busy to have breakfast. 6 percent have no appetite (胃口). And a very small number of people think that eating breakfast is a trouble. They would rather sleep a little longer or relax than rise early to make breakfast. 16 percent don’t care. They have no reason for not eating breakfast.

Studies show that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It enables us to study and work better, giving us a fresh start. It is believed that the best time for breakfast is between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. There should be an interval (间隔) of 4 to 5 hours between breakfast and lunch. Before breakfast, we’d better drink some water. As you can know, our body loses much water after a whole night.