The number of children who are overweight is growing rapidly in China,     1     becomes a big concern for their parents. When it comes to the problem of obesity, the reasons are not far     2     (seek). One of the main factors that     3     for the problem is children’s love for junk food that adds too much fat and sugar     4     whoever takes it. For those who are particularly overweight, parents can set strict limits on what the children eat and cut     5     fat and sugar in the meal. Another factor is children’s lack of exercise in everyday life. Parents always find their kids     6    (lie) on the sofa rather than work out     7    (regular). To make matters worse, the fact that many children stay up late into night also contributes to the problem. Personally, I do believe     8     is of great importance to keep a     9     (balance) diet. What’s more, a healthy life style is the key to a happy life. After all, a healthy body and mind is     10     really matters.

5 . Food waste is a growing problem both in America and across the globe. In North America alone about 30-40% of food ends up as rubbish each year. While much ends up as rubbish, over 48 million Americans live in households that do not have enough food! Now, concerned citizens are trying to raise awareness of the issue with some creative ideas.

In New York’s Westchester County, students at 18 schools join in a program called We Future Cycle. Started by Anna and Ashley in 2014, it teaches kids to recycle, compost (堆肥), and most importantly control food waste in an easy and efficient manner.

Lunch areas at those schools are equipped with three clearly marked bins— compost, recycle and share. While the first two are common in schools, the third is rare. This is the bin where kids can put their unwanted drinks, fruits, and even untouched sandwiches. Food there is available for any student that wants them. Whatever remains at the end of the day is given to the local soup kitchen or food bank. Anna says the three bins have helped reduce the number of trash bags produced at the mid-day meal from an average of 22 to just 2!

To ensure kids form similar habits at home, the non-profit has created plans to educate families about the importance of sorting waste into the proper streams of recycling, composting, and food to donate. They also urge parents to have open conversations with their kids about food choices.

Kids are not the only ones that waste food. Adults are equally bad, if not worse! To fight that, Brooklyn-based Josh founded Salvage Super Club in 2014. The randomly organized dinners promise customers a multi-course meal for merely 50 dollars per person. The delicious food is made from perfectly safe ingredients (成分)   that are past their prime and, therefore, headed for the compost or trash bin.

6 . Hannah Raines plans to move back in with her parents after she completes her study program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

The 21-year-old would like to get a job and save money for graduate school.

Raines’ parents, Jim and Juli, already have experience with an adult child returning home. Hannah’s twin brother, Dakota, returned home last year after the building where he lived was put up for sale.

“It was very natural,” Juli Raines said. She said having their adult children back at home is good for her and her husband.

“It wasn’t anything I had to think about,” Raines said. The only problem is figuring out where all four family members should park their cars, she noted.

Experts say younger Americans are experiencing different economic problems than earlier generations. Pay is not keeping up with housing costs or the bigger loans many graduating students must pay off after leaving school.

Pavel Marceux is an economic expert with Euromonitor International, a market research company. He said moving home for young adults may be a good decision. They can live at home with no or low rental payments, he said.

This will enable them to save money or pay down loans. It can also help aging parents deal with changing technology, Marceux said.

Not everyone who has returned home to live with one or both parents is struggling with their careers.

Damon Casarez is a photographer. He took pictures of his peers for The New York Times Magazine in 2014. But even with selling his photos to the New York Times and other successes, he needed to return home to save money.

Saving is necessary so he can repay $120,000 in loans that went toward his studies at the Art Center College of Design in California.

He said, “If I didn’t have that loan, I’d easily be able to live on my own somewhere comfortably.”

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.