Overweight (超重) is one of the biggest health problems now. Being overweight affects (影响) more than how you look. Too much fat can kill you. What’ s worse, overweight children turn into overweight adults (成人) . If you’ re obese now, you will probably grow into an obese adult. But here’ s good news. You can fight overweight.
Change your eating habitsYou are what you eat. Kids like snacks. Have you listed any healthy snacks? One study of eating habits shows that soft drinks are the first in the snack list. Next, kids choose salty snacks, like chips. What’ s more, the list is full of junk food from No. 3 to No. 11. Finally, No. 12, kids pick a healthy snack — fruit. So, think about your snack choice (选择) again.
Get outside to exerciseJim, a player on his school football team, had a weight problem not long time ago. He could never get anyone to play with him. So his father and he started playing football for a few minutes every night. Ten minutes turned into an hour or more. In just a few years, the heavy kid became healthy.
More TV means more fatMore TV (or more Internet surfing, or more computer games) means more fat.
Eat an apple a day, walk around the house, play with your family … Do it today, and do it more tomorrow. It will help you a lot.
【小题1】According to the passage, kids put ________ at the end of the snack list in one study of eating habits.| A．chips | B．ice cream | C．fruit | D．vegetables |
| A．苗条的 | B．虚胖的 | C．健康的 | D．瘦弱的 |
| A．When we watch too much TV, we will probably get too much fat. |
| B．A few years ago, Jim was fat. |
| C．Being overweight only affects how we look. |
| D．Eating an apple a day is good for your health. |
① Try to get up early.
② Try to take more exercise.
③ Try not to sit in front of the TV or computer for too long.
④ Try to eat more healthy food.
| A．② ③ ④ | B．① ② ③ | C．① ③ ④ | D．① ② ④ |
| A．how to play football | B．the healthy food |
| C．how to fight overweight | D．how to stop watching TV |
