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Healthier Eating Reported During Coronavirus
Step 1 Words in This Story
shopper – n. a person looking for things to buy in a store
microwaveable – adj. able to be cooked in a microwave oven
organic – adj. not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and other
products
snack – n. a small amount of food eaten between meals
stress – n. great worry caused by difficult situations
confident – adj. having a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something
Step 2 Reading and understanding
People in some countries have reported making healthier eating choices during the coronavirus crisis.
New research also found that people facing stay-at-home orders 1 __________________ new things
and threw away less food. The results came from a recent research project involving 11,000 shoppers 2
__________________.
A lead organizer of the study was Charlotte De Backer, a researcher at the University of Antwerp in
Belgium. She told Reuters news agency 3 __________________people were buying
less microwaveable food and more fresh fruits and vegetables.
Muriel Bernard is the founder of Belgium-based organic food online seller eFarmz. She told Reuters
she had to nearly double her workforce to 25 to meet demand for her 4 __________________.
The first part of the study involved shoppers in several European countries, as well as Australia, Chile,
Uganda, Canada and Brazil. 5 __________________ those taking part were in Belgium. The research will
next be expanded to include 25 additional countries, with final results expected 6 __________________.
In nearly half of the countries, shoppers reported buying fewer salty or sweet snacks, although overall
sales 7 _______________________.
De Backer said many people turn to salty, sweet and fatty products when they are feeling stress. But
during 8 __________________, many people seemed to fill this desire with home-baked goods.
In Chile, for example, there was a large drop in sales of snacks, but 9 __________________ in people
buying baking necessities like flour.
Consumption of meat, fish and alcoholic drinks generally remained the same, the research showed.
De Backer said the healthier food buying 10 __________________ the fact that people took more time
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to carefully plan their trips to the store. “If you 11 __________________, you plan your meals ahead and
you are less likely to add unhealthy food.”
Many shoppers taking part in the study also said they had tried cooking new things and used more
left-over foods 12 __________________. However, De Backer said this behavior could be linked to fears
of 13 __________________ and could change after the crisis.
But she noted that some of the improvements in eating are likely to continue. She says this is because
in many countries, stay-at-home orders 15 __________________ for more than six weeks – the usual
amount of time it takes people to 16 __________________.
De Backer also said that as people grow 17 ______________________ in the kitchen, they could break
down one of the main barriers to home cooking.
I’m Bryan Lynn.
Step 3 Write down the following words according to the definition.
____________– n. a person looking for things to buy in a store
____________ – adj. able to be cooked in a microwave oven
____________– adj. not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and other
products
____________– n. a small amount of food eaten between meals
____________– n. great worry caused by difficult situations
____________– adj. having a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something
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