Addressing health concerns - Worksheet 2

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge Exam Booster for Advanced, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

GROW

INCREASE

OCCUR

ADJUST

CONSIDER

MATERIAL

MANUFACTURE

COME

Healthy eating and keeping physically active are ___ important for children and adolescents. Their nutrition and lifestyle have a direct impact on their ___ and development. Moreover, worldwide trends in obesity in children and teenagers are becoming ___ worrying. Being overweight or obese has been linked to a greater ___ of various health complaints later in life. One way to improve the dietary habits of schoolchildren is to make ___ to the food served for lunch. Several leading UK chefs have launched campaigns to improve the nutritional quality of the food on school menus. Despite ___ publicity, the improvements to school dinners have not really ___ . Attention has now turned to reducing excess sugar in foods and beverages. Some local authorities are introducing a tax on drinks with more than a permitted amount of sugar. ___ have already begun decreasing the quantity of sugar in their drinks. Health campaigners are delighted with this reduction and also with the news that ___ raised from the tax will go towards school sports.

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