Childhood obesity (text 2)

Exercise 1. Topic vocabulary:

acceptable adolescent adulthood percentile overweight threatening puberty reflect approve manage alter lifestyle intervention behaviour techniques success bulimia

[ək 'septəbl] [ædə ' lesənt] [ə 'dʌlthud] [pə 'sentail] [əuvə 'weit] [laif 'θretəniŋ] [pju:bəti] [ri 'flekt] [ə 'pru:v] [mænidʒ] [ɔ:ltə] [lafstail] [intə 'venʃn] [bi 'heiviə] [tek 'ni:k] [sək 'ses] [bju: ' limiə]

прийнятний підліток період статевого дозрівання процентиль надлишкова вага що загрожує статеве дозрівання відображати схвалювати надавати допомогу змінювати(ся) образ, стиль життя втручання поведінка техніка успіх; удача булімія

Exercise 2. Give Russian equivalents to the following English ones:

Obesity in children; obese children; the diagnosis of obesity; for determining obesity; the diagnosis of obesity; excess body fat; child's health or wellbeing; to determine directly; life-threatening conditions; sleep problems; early puberty; anorexia and bulimia; mortality rates; the family's environment and genetics; during adolescence and adulthood; approved for the treatment; approved medication; in managing moderate obesity; approved for adolescents; the absorption of fat; lifestyle interventions; behavioral techniques; to increase activity in children; to have little success. 

Exercise 3. Choose the proper definitions for the terms:

puberty adolescence diabetes cancer bulimia tonsillectomy adenoidectomy hyperlipidaemia

a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight; the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood; surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; an abnormally high level of lipids, esp cholesterol, in the blood, predisposing to atherosclerosis and other arterial diseases; weighing more than is usual, allowed, or healthy; the period at the beginning of adolescence when the sex glands become functional and the secondary sexual characteristics emerge; surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; any type of malignant growth or tumour, caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division: it may spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to other parts of the body.

Exercise 4. Revise Complex Subject Construction. 1). Translate the words in brackets. 2).Translate the whole sentences into native language.

1. Excess body fat  (відомо) negatively to affect a child's health or wellbeing.

2. Obese adolescents (напевне) to have prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels indicate a high risk for development of diabetes.

3. The diagnosis of obesity (вважають) to be often based on  body mass index.

4. Childhood obesity (повідомили) to have reached epidemic proportions in 21st century.

5. Studies have shown that overweight children more (напевно) to grow up to be overweight adults. 

6. The excess intake of calories above the daily expenditure (витрачання) of energy (кажуть) to lead to weight gain and can eventually lead to obesity.

7. Efforts to increase activity in children (виявилось) to have had little success. 

8. Obese youth (без сумніву) to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure.

9. Overweight in children and adolescents (думали) to have been caused by a lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns resulting in excess energy intake, or a combination of the two.

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text: