Most eating habits are built during childhood. 【小题1】 Making healthy changes doesn’t require you to completely change your diet. You just need to start at your own pace (节奏) by practising some key healthy - eating habits. Here are some of them.

Eat breakfast. Research shows that eating breakfast every day will help you lose weight by making you feel less hungry later in the day. 【小题2】 In a word, eating healthy food for breakfast will put you on track for a day of healthy eating.

Drink water. Sixty percent of your body weight is made up of water. Your body requires water to work properly. 【小题3】 Check in with your body when you feel hungry, especially later in the day. Drinking a glass of water before eating can satisfy thirst and keep you from eating unnecessary calories (卡路里).

【小题4】 You’ll naturally choose fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats. These foods are high in nutrition (营养), but it’s important to keep the quantity of calories in check when it comes to foods in fat groups, since they are likely to be high in calories.

Practice mindful eating. Focusing on how you’ re feeling while eating. 【小题5】 This can help stop overeating. How? It takes up to 20 minutes for your brain to register the chemicals that let you know when you’re no longer hungry. Slowing down helps your brain catch up on how full you’re feeling.

My name is Gary and I have a sister and a brother, Rose and Paul. Do you eat healthy food every day? It’s important (重要)! I like bananas very much. My mother often buys many bananas from the supermarket for me. Rose and Paul like hamburgers. They also like salad. They make salad with vegetables and fruit. But I don’t like salad. Paul doesn’t like broccoli. But Rose does. My parents like tomatoes and broccoli. We like fruit and vegetables, but we don’t like ice cream. French fries and ice cream are bad for us. Write a list of the food you eat. Is it good food? Do you eat right? Every day?

We know good health and happiness are important in life. Here are some ways to make them easy.

● Have a good eating habit. Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, some grains(谷物) and a little bit of meat.

● Exercise twice or three times a week.

● Get enough sleep. It is best to sleep eight hours a day.

● Keep yourself busy. This is good because it stops you from having bad habits. To keep yourself busy, you can work around the house, do sports, or have a hobby.

● Go out and make friends. Spend time and have fun with them. Talk more with them, but you must be sure not to talk about anything bad. You should stay with the people who are healthy and happy themselves.