Warm-up: Look at the pictures, what word do you use to describe them?
Obesity
Do you think they feel comfortable when they communicate with other people? Why? Why not?
Unit 10: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND LONGEVITY

WRITING
LIFESTYLE CHANGES
1.Activity 1:Complete the story, using the correct form of the words in the box
* New words
Faint (v,n ): ngất
Appetite (n): sự thèm ăn, sự ngon miệng
Dietician (n): chuyên gia về vấn đề dinh dưỡng
overweight support faint dieting appetite weight

My fight against obesity
by Dan Smith

I am 24 years old. I used to have a huge (1) ……………….. as a child, ate a lot of fast food and became (2) ……………. . When I graduated from college, my weight had gone up to 100 kg. I started to apply for jobs and went to interviews, but I was never offered a single one. I could feel the interviewers` disappointment. Because of my size, they thought I was lazy and stupid. After hundreds of rejections, I decided that I need to do something about my weight.

I found a website advertising an effective way to lose (3)……….. in one month. I ate nothing and only drank water with a little salt and sugar. After ten days, I (4)……………… and was taken to hospital. The doctors told me that I would die if I did not stop (5) …………….. They advised me to see Dr Liam, a dietician.

Dr Liam developed a healthy meal and exercise plan for me. For over a year, I had to follow a special diet and joined a fitness class for overweight people. It was difficult at first, but my family (6)……………… me during my fight against obesity. I have now reached my ideal weight and feel great. What is more, I have just received my first job offer.
appetite
overweight
weight
fainted
dieting
supported
2.Act 2: Answer the questions.
1.Why did Dan gain weight?
2.When did he decide to lose weight?
3.What kind of diet did he try at first? Was he successful?
4.How did he manage to reach a healthy weight?
5.Do you think overweight people are lazy and should not be employed until they lose weight?
2.Act 2: Answer the questions.
1.Because as a child he used to eat a lot of fast food.
2.After he received hundreds of rejections and couldn’t get a job.
3.Eating nothing was his first kind of diet. He was unsuccessful and was taken to hospital.
4.For over a year, he had to follow a special diet and joined a fitness class for overweight people.
5.Overweight people are not lazy and can work efficiently like other people, so they should not be treated unfairly. However, their health can be affected , so they should follow doctor’s advice to lose weight.
3.Act 3: Use the information below to write a similar story.