1     (curious) drove Wang Peng inside. It was full of people. The hostess, a very thin lady,     2     (come) forward. “Welcome,” she said. “My name is Yong Hui. I     3     (help) you lose weight and be fit     4     two weeks if you eat here every day.” Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There were few     5     (choose) of food and drink     6     it: just rice, raw vegetables       7     (service) in vinegar, fruit and water. Wang Peng was amazed at this and especially     8     the prices. It cost     9     (many) than a good meal in his restaurant! He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out. He could not have Yong Hui     10     (get) away with telling people lies! He had better do some research.

It was reported that people in some countries made healthier eating choices during the corona virus crisis.

A recent research project     1     (involve) 11,000 shoppers in 11 countries found that people who were facing stay-at-home orders tried cooking new things and they     2     (throw) away less food. The result showed that people were buying less microwaveable food but     3     (many) fresh fruits and vegetables. Before the crisis, people turned to salty, sweet and fatty     4     (product) when they felt stressed. But during the crisis, many people seemed to fill this desire     5     home-baked goods. In Chile, for example, there was     6     large drop in sales of snacks but a big rise in sales of baking necessities like flour.

The research also showed that people took more time to     7     (careful) plan their trips to the stores     8     plenty of fresh foods were provided. Many people who took part in the study cooked new things and used more leftovers     9     (reduce) waste. It was said that this behavior     10     (link) to the fears of food shortages.

Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese     1    (dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners who come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap it can be to eat out. I still remember       2    (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I was shocked when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.

While regularly eating out seems to     3    (become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money;     4    (eat) out once or twice a week may be affordable but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even     5    (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in weight problems.

There has been a trend(潮流) in the food service industry towards lower fat and less salt over the last five years. This trend, which was started by the medical community as a method of     1    (fight) heart disease, has had some side     2    (effect) such as overweight(超重) and heart disease—the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.

There is no doubt that fat and salt are     3    (importance) parts of a diet. They are required to process the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other functions. When fat and salt     4    (remove) from food, the food tastes as if it is missing something. As     5     result, people will eat more food to make up for(弥补) the things missing. Even     6     (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food is full     7     fat and salt; by eating more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in     8     (they) diet.

Having enough fat and salt in your meals will decrease the desire to eat something between meals and will     9    (obvious) improve the taste of your food. However, be careful not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both,     10     is not good for the health.