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School dinner menus have often been scrutinised by parents and dieticians.
What effect does diet have on education?
How can children be encouraged to eat healthily in school?
Write at least 250 words.
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1. How much time should you spend on this question?
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2. How many words do you need to write to complete this task?
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5. Look at the task again. You need to answer 2 questions. Where are the questions stated in the task? Select all that apply:
a) WRITING TASK 2
b) You should spend about 40 minutes on this task
c) Write about the following topic:
d) School dinner menus have often been scrutinised by parents and dieticians.
e) What effect does diet have on education?
f) How can children be encouraged to eat healthily in school?
g)Write at least 250 words.
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In some parts of the world, particularly western countries, school cafeterias have come under fire for providing students with unhealthy lunches. This is an important issue as the eating habits of children have been shown to impact their educational success, particularly in terms of their energy and focus. Therefore, children should be guided towards a healthy diet, which can be achieved through education and government policy.
Diet can have a number of physiological effects on children that can influence their ability to learn and impact their academic success. Firstly, food high in saturated fat and sugar have be shown to affect memory, potentially making it difficult for student to retain knowledge. Such diets also affect students energy levels and ability to focus, providing a short-term boost but leaving them tired throughout the day, whereas fatty oils such as omega-3 improve focus and retention of knowledge. Finally, a nutrient deficient diet can make students more prone to illness, which can lead to avoidable absences from school.
In order to promote healthier dietary choices among children, government initiatives need to be implemented. In the first instance, governments should devise educational campaigns aimed at both students and parents. In the UK, for instance, Jamie Oliver worked with the government on a campaign that successfully raised awareness of healthy eating habits. Governments should also pass legislation stating what meals are acceptable to be served in school cafeterias based on dietary science. In South Korea, for example, the menus in public schools are rigidly controlled by national law. This ensures that children have healthy diets at school.
To sum up, the diet of young people can have a significant impact on their academic performance in terms of knowledge retention and focus. To encourage healthy eating in schools, governments should create educational campaigns and provide effective legislation.
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7. Match the content to the paragraph
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8. Look at this paragraph and then recreate the structure by re-ordering the parts of a paragraph:
In order to promote healthier dietary choices among children, government initiatives need to be implemented. In the first instance, governments should devise educational campaigns aimed at both students and parents. In the UK, for instance, Jamie Oliver worked with the government on a campaign that successfully raised awareness of healthy eating habits. Governments should also pass legislation stating what meals are acceptable to be served in school cafeterias based on dietary science. In South Korea, for example, the menus in public schools are rigidly controlled by national law. This ensures that children have healthy diets at school.
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The first explanation that develops the topic sentence
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9. Look at the linking phrases (cohesive devices) in bold. Which phrase is used to introduce a contrasting idea?
Diet can have a number of physiological effects on children that can influence their ability to learn and impact their academic success. Firstly, food high in saturated fat and sugar have be shown to affect memory, potentially making it difficult for student to retain knowledge. Such diets also affect students energy levels and ability to focus, providing a short-term boost but leaving them tired throughout the day, whereas fatty oils such as omega-3 improve focus and retention of knowledge. Finally, a nutrient deficient diet can make students more prone to illness, which can lead to avoidable absences from school.
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10. Look at the conclusion. Does it introduce any new ideas?
To sum up, the diet of young people can have a significant impact on their academic performance in terms of knowledge retention and focus. To encourage healthy eating in schools, governments should create educational campaigns and provide effective legislation.
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