WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Scientists believe that eating fast food is harmful to one’s health. Some people think that education can help them change that bad habit. Others, however, argue that education does not work.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
IELTS WRITING TASK 2
Some prevailing are the fast foods that some teenagers are in the habit of eating junk foods nearly every week. [Crack IELTS with Rob] From the perspective of some nutritionists, an excessive intake of sugar, calorie, and fat is undoubtedly health-threatening, for fast food, in most cases is low in nutritional value. People differ greatly in their views as to how to foster wholesome dietary habits. As I see it, educating the public about the dangers of unhealthy eating, regulating massive sales and food advertisements to children, and lowering the price of healthy foods should be used together to help people keep fit.
Granted, one effective way to promote a healthy diet is to educate people about the potential risks of unhealthy diets. Modern people might opt for healthier meals and snacks if they are taught that fast foods are high in salt, fat, and sugar. To illustrate, I myself changed my unwholesome eating habits after watching television programs on how to preserve health on TV. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Also, while it is of great significance to educate adult eaters, schoolchildren should be the main target for education because they are not only in their formative years but also the regular eaters of fast foods.
In addition to education, other ways to promote healthy eating are not far to seek. First, methods should be adopted to strictly censor those junk food advertisements aimed at children. Meanwhile, sales of children’s meals by giving out gift toys ought to be banned. For instance, America has already enacted relevant legislation to restrict such sale promotions of KFC and McDonald’s. Also, it is imperative for governments to ensure that healthy foods are cheaper so that people could afford wholesome foods. [Crack IELTS with Rob] Imaginably, the decreased price of fresh fruits and vegetables could enable more people to enjoy healthier foods.
Overall, education could aid people to change bad eating habits. However, it also works to restrain the improper publicity and sale of fast-food restaurants as well as lower the price of healthy foods.
Collocations and Idioms: [Crack IELTS with Rob]
1. in the habit of: like to
2. an excessive intakes of: eating too much
3. low in nutritional value: do not have much nutrition
4. foster wholesome dietary habit: have good eating habit
5. potential risks of: the bad things
6. opt for: choose
7. high in salt, fat and sugar: bad things of fast food
8. enact relevant legislations: make some laws
9. afford wholesome foods: have money to buy healthy foods
10. restrain the improper publicity and sale of: restrict the running of
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