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Obesity

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English paper – Section A – Obesity

1. In this text you hear about children being bullied if they choose healthy food instead of burgers, fries or pizza. In the schools in England there are pressure and threats from other pupils of being bullied if they choose to have a healthy lunch. Researches shows that the other pupils have plenty of influence, where the teachers have absolutely no influence. In a school in England, a boy was driven to tears one day at school after being bullied, because he had brought home-cooked chicken legs for launch to school. Research has been made, which shows that the children only see snobby ladies from the riches parts of London eating healthy food for launch. Bernado’s wants to phase vending machines that sell sugary or fatty foods out from schools in England, which actually is happening in Scotland and Wales now.
2. The four texts account by showing the reader different examples and researches that shows different angles of the problem. The four texts also gives example from different countries (USA, New Zealand and England), which is good for comparing. It’s also interesting to see how Europe always is behind America, when it comes to development. They say that Europe is 10 years behind the states in most things.
Text 1 tells us about two Mexicans who had moved to the states. Before they moved to the US, they both had a lot of physical activities. The man played basketball, and the woman was an aerobics instructor. After they moved to the United States, they suddenly didn’t have time to exercise because of all their work. They both blame the American culture, which is according to them, work, work, work.
In text 2 you hear about obese people, who most of them say that they have several times tried to lose weight, but after a couple of tries they simply gave up. Experts say that the problem is that most of the overweight people go on quick diets instead of long term diets, which is actually the most...