Healthy eating: a guide for teens
Healthy eating is a way of balancing the food you eat to keep your body strong, energetic, and wellnourished. This guide was made to help you learn about healthy eating, and ways to plan nutritious meals and snacks.
Healthy eating is a great way to：
have energy all day long；
get the vitamins and minerals your body needs；
stay strong for sports or other activities；
reach your maximum height (if you are still growing)；
maintain a healthy weight；
prevent unhealthy eating habits, like skipping meals and feeling overly hungry at the next meal.
What is “healthy eating”？
Aiming for regular meals: usually 3 meals per day.
Eating foods from all of the food groups each day to meet your nutritional needs.
Balancing nutrientrich foods with moderate (适当的) amounts of other foods.
Eating when hungry and stopping when full.
Tips for healthy eating
Believe it or not, eating 3 meals is the best way to maintain your energy and a healthy weight.
Eat breakfast. 20% of teens skip breakfast, which makes them more likely to overeat later in the day.
Try healthier ways to cook foods instead of grilling (烧烤), stirfrying, microwaving, baking, and deep frying.
Trim (除去) the skin and fat off your meat—you'll still get plenty of flavour (风味) and it's more nutritious.
Avoid getting too much sugar.
Slow down when you eat. Try to relax and pace yourself so that your meals last at least 20 minutes, since it takes 20 minutes for you to feel full.
Try fibrerich foods, such as whole grains, vegetables, and fruit so you feel comfortably full.
Avoid “diet thinking”. There are no good foods or bad foods. All foods can be part of healthy eating.
Task: Answer the following questions.
1．Skipping breakfast is a healthy eating habit, isn't it? Why?
No,_it_isn't._Because_it_will_make_you_more_likely_to_overeat_later_in_the_day.
2．Should we slow down or speed up while eating?
We_should_slow_down_while_eating.
Section Ⅰ Warming Up & Reading
