Task 3. Read the sentences below, determine if they are TRUE or FALSE

Super Size Me (2004)

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Task 1. In groups discuss the following questions. Support your opinion and make notes.

1. Are Ukrainians heavier than they used to be? Why or why not?

2. What influence does McDonald's have in Ukraine? Is it very popular? Does it influence our diet?

3. In America some people are suing fast food restaurants. Where does personal responsibility start and corporate responsibility stop?

4. The title of the film is Super Size Me. What does it refer to?

5. What will the specific topic of the film be?

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Task 2.Discuss the meaning of the key words (definition and translation)

addiction, binge, calorie, diet, dietitian, fad diet, nutrition, obese, organic, owerweight, vegan, vegetarian, blood sugar, cardiologist, coronary disease, diabetes, gastroenterologist, liver enzymes, saturated fat, unsaturated fat, pedometer, energy-density

Task 3. Read the sentences below, determine if they are TRUE or FALSE

1. ______ Each day, 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant

2. ______ In 1972, we spent 3 billion a year on fast food - today we spend more than $110 billion

3. ______ McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain

4. ______ French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America

5. ______ You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big

Mac

6. ______ In the U.S., people eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour

7. ______ 60 percent of all Americans are either overweight or obese

8. ______ One in every three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime

9. ______ Obesity has been linked to: Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Adult Onset Diabetes,

Stroke, Gall Bladder Disease, Osteoarthritis, Sleep Apnea, Respiratory Problems, Endometrial,

Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancers, Dyslipidemia, steatohepatitis, insulin resistance,

breathlessness, Asthma, Hyperuricaemia, reproductive hormone abnormalities, polycystic

ovarian syndrome, impaired fertility and lower back pain

10. ______ The average child sees 10,000 TV advertisements per year

11. ______ Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald - he was fired for being too fat

12. ______ Diabetes will cut 17-27 years off your life

13. ______ The World Health Organization has declared obesity a global epidemic

14. ______ McDonald's calls people who eat a lot of their food "heavy users"

15. ______ McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in more then 100 countries on 6 continents

16. ______ Before most children can speak they can recognize McDonald's

17. ______ Surgeon General David Satcher: "Fast food is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic"

18. ______ Most nutritionists recommend not eating fast food more than once a month

19. ______ 40 percent of American meals are eaten outside the home

20. ______ McDonald's represents 43% of total U.S. fast food market

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