4 . When I was a young girl, my mother boiled fresh vegetables in a big pot every night and small amounts of the roast beef that she cooked once a week were _________ to the bowls. She called it stew.

I would often hear the other children at school _______ the delicious meals they had for supper. Many of the children _________ from fast food restaurants, which were expensive at the time. They got hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes. I _________ we could eat like that once in a while, but my parents couldn't _________ it.

Now I look back and think how _________ I was. My mom took the time to prepare those vegetables very single night. She was right --_________ on the vegetables and not on the meat -- and we weren’t eating the fat and salt we would have had in take-out food.

When I was in my thirties, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I have to _________ I had been eating lots of fast food, _________ not getting it as a child. __________, when I went back to preparing homemade meals without all the __________ fat and salt I started to feel __________.

I realize how lucky was to have a mother who wok the time to __________ a healthy meal for my family everynight. That stew was made with __________ and it has left me with a(n) __________ that will warm and nourish me forever.

5 . Teaching your children healthy eating is important so they have a good relationship with food. Children who_________too much of the wrong types of foods are at_________risk of health conditions like fatness, heart disease and cancer. With all the ads for junk food, it can be hard to keep your child eating healthily._________, there are ways you can employ to_________children achieve this goal.

Serve your child mainly_________snacks, such as fruit and vegetables or wholegrain biscuits and cheese. Keep healthy snacks accessible by placing them on low shelves in the fridge so your children can_________them when hungry.

If you don't_________your child to eat a particular food, keep it out of the house. She/He can't eat food that isn't_________. Make less unhealthy food—something you eat_________.This will limit the__________of junk food your child can eat.

Don't use junk food as a trading tool.__________children with junk food or using it to please children to get them to eat healthier foods__________makes this food more appealing and healthier foods less attractive, so__________non-food rewards.

Children learn by__________what you do. In my opinion, if you don't want your child to eat too much junk food, model healthy eating and__________eating a lot of junk food yourself. Allow children to help pick out new, healthy foods for snacks.

6 . Once I failed my comprehensive exam at university. Suddenly, I felt I was a_________. For the first time, I felt completely out of control. I started to go on a(n)_________to deal with my stress and anxiety that_________my desire for perfection.

What began as a seemingly_________“lifestyle change” turned into an eating disorder. I spent more time_________rice, cakes and other foods than studying. To eat “_________” meals at home, I often turned down social gatherings.

Over 9 months, as my stress and anxiety_________, I ate smaller and smaller dishes and denied (拒绝给予) my_________the food it needed. Sometimes I would almost_________upon standing and I became a walking skeleton (骨瘦如柴的人).

My family and adviser asked whether I was OK and__________time away from my lab, but my brain made excuses for how I was feeling and behaving. I__________believed I was making myself better.

I didn’t put a name to the__________until I came across an article about disordered eating. I finally sought the help of a(n)__________. He told me that my eating disorder had__________to do with food, exercise, or weight.__________, it was about my desire to be exceptional. Through weekly sessions, I unpacked 25 years of needing to be__________. I learned tools to acknowledge and process my feelings, not by means of__________calories.

Now, having been on the road to__________for one year and a half, I enter my final year of graduate school with a completely__________mindset about the person I want — rather than need — to be. Yes, I still want to__________. But I don’t want to seek perfection.

7 . I was a fat kid and I enjoyed almost all kinds of delicious food. Sundays were the best. That's when we had our big_______，and there were so many people around laughing and talking.It was easy to _______how much you were eating. And if I _______a second part of anything，my mother's response was，“What's the matter？You don't like my _______？”At that time，consuming lots of bread，pasta and desserts never let me feel self­indulgent(放纵自己的)．I _______carried this high­calorie diet into adulthood.

It wasn't until my mid­30s that I _______something had to change. I had little energy，and because my fat body didn't want to do anything，it seemed_______was passing me by.

When a friend_______I start each day with oatmeal(燕麦片)for breakfast，I said，“You've got to be kidding！”But this friend was very enthusiastic and told me that it would make me keep full without being _______in calories or fat，so I took her advice.

I'm not exaggerating(夸张)when I say oatmeal has________the quality of my life.I used to get hungry between breakfast and lunch，reaching for a cup of coffee and its charming companion，the cake. Now，I don't even________food until lunchtime.

After a year of eating oatmeal for breakfast，I________over 15 pounds. I have more energy to do things，such as taking a walk after getting home from work instead of________．

My friends and colleagues have noted the positive________of oatmeal.So if you want to ________，why not eat oatmeal?

8 . My name is Gillian Healy. I run a small start-up company in Dublin called Gut Instinct, and we ______ a fermented (发酵的) drink called kombucha. It originated in China around 200 BC and later spread across Asia and into Europe. It’s been quite ______ in America and Australia for a number of years ______ it’s just hitting Ireland now.

People are becoming more health-conscious today, and kombucha is very good for your gut (肠). I first got into kombucha because I ______ soft drinks, but if I had too many, I wouldn’t feel great and my skin would break out. Then I found that kombucha was a really good ______. I think people buy our kombucha mainly for one reason: they’re increasingly aware of the ______ connection between a healthy stomach and a healthy mind.

I spend part of most days going out to customers, ______ the product is selling well and finding out if they’d like me to do a promotional tasting for them. That’s a(n) ______ side of the business for us at this stage because it’s such a niche product (利基产品). A few potential customers will be familiar with kombucham, but ______ won’t, which is why it’s good to let people see if they like it before they ______ a bottle.

____, we’d like to go into export markets, but I want to get our ______ established in our home market first. England is already quite a(n) ______ market, with a number of kombucha microbreweries (小型酿造厂) there. However, I think that when we’re ______ to look abroad, Germany will be one of the first places we’ll ______. After all, a lot of their foods are fermented.

9 . There are too many fat people in America, so many Americans are fighting against overweight. But the_______thing is that the French, who consume rich food,_______to stay thin. Now a_______by Cornell University suggests_______life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel_______. However, Americans tend to stop when their   _______are empty or their favorite TV show is over.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, health expert, the French see eating_______an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a_______time at the table, while Americans see eating as_______to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans________the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and________foods for the week. The French,________tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers' markets where they have a________of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.

In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style________may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity(肥胖)—or extreme overweight—among adults, is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains________and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%—and is growing.

10 . Many Chinese people used to______each other with "Have you had your meal?" to show     their friendliness. Recently, a new greeting has become____in many Chinese cities, namely   "Have you____weight?"

Chen Xin, a manager of a media company in Hangzhou, has___ his   friends   after successfully getting __________. "Following instructions from my nutritionist, I went on a __________ and lost 10 kg," Chen said with a____smile.

In recent years, food-delivery services have been growing fast and entering every corner of Chinese cities. Also, Chinese people can________buy foods from all over the world. But people     are   paying more and more   attention to their______. More people are   becoming_______with     various terms, such as "low calories", "sugar cut-off" and "light food".

"I used to eat a lot of unhealthy food, which brought me much________. " Chen said. "Now       my health indicators( 指 标 ) are becoming____, and I can feel that my body is in good___ again."

Chen is not alone. Many Chinese are troubled with "diseases of richness", including obesity and high blood pressure, as the quality of life has greatly______over the past decades. Most   people need to worry about if they have a healthy diet,____if they have enough food.