英语关于垃圾食品导致肥胖症的阅读理解文章

英语关于垃圾食品导致肥胖症的阅读理解文章

① "junk food" is a kind of food with high energy content and relatively lack of other nutrients. In other words, they can only provide too much energy, and the word "junk" is used to remind people that these foods are not good for people to eat, so they should be eaten as little as possible. In fact, not much of the traditional Chinese diet is really "junk" food, while foreign fast food favored by many young consumers nowadays is mostly linked to "junk food". Fried chicken, French fries, chocolate shakes, bacon cheeseburgers, etc., are all high energy foods without exception.

② The harm of "junk food" lies in "three high and three low", that is, high energy, high fat, high protein, low vitamin, low dietary fiber, low mineral elements. Among them, "three low" just means that they are not good for health, "three high" actually can bring harm to people. In particular, high fat, while providing delicious taste to food, greatly improves the energy density of food. Consumers will consume more calories if they eat the same amount of food. If the daily intake of calories are too high to burn off, the

biggest problem is obesity. More than a quarter of Adults in the United States are obese, according to a U.S. survey, and a significant portion of the problem is believed to be due to "junk food." Take a light manual worker for example, the daily energy needs is about 2100 kilocalories, and a piece of fried chicken can account for one-third of the calories. In addition, milkshakes and chocolate are not low in energy. If you eat a big burger, a shake, a bag of chips, and a large coke in one meal, you're probably consuming more energy than you need for the whole day. If there is no enough exercise, too much energy consumption can not be dropped, can only be transformed into fat embellishment at the waist and hip.

③ In fact, western fast food is not a "flood beast", as many nutrition experts say, there is no perfect food, there is no good food, the key is how to eat. The disadvantage of this kind of fast food is that the energy content is very high, which is far beyond the standard for ordinary people, but it is a good food to supplement energy for people who consume a lot of energy in daily life. For example, Phelps, who picked eight gold MEDALS at the Beijing Olympic Games, has high intensity training and competition every

day, and its energy consumption is very amazing, so his diet must be based on high energy diet. To him, the fast food is no longer "junk food", but a treasure. Of course, the average of us will never reach Phelps' level of activity, and our daily energy requirements are limited. So before you dive into a fast food restaurant, think about whether you're getting enough exercise for your meal. However, there is no need to worry too much. The harmful effects of junk food can be greatly reduced by appropriately reducing the intake of other foods and increasing the amount of activity. Besides, it is also very fresh and interesting to try foreign food flavor, but don't eat it often.

(1) What is so bad about junk food after reading this article

(2) the article introduces the explanation of the junk food idea is: (1) __________ (2) the dangers of junk food (3) ___________, the article use the main propositions, such as __________ the description method.

(3) Analyze the expression effect of the words "flood beast" in paragraph 3.

（4）Junk food is affecting our life. Please write a propaganda message to give people a warm reminder.