Summary

Today, we will be discussing the Twinkie diet - a diet professor Haub of Kansas State University embarked on to prove to his students that calories are what matters in dieting.

Here is an excerpt from the article we will use for the discussion:

For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too.

His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food.

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Vocabulary Words

1) cakelet
2) premise
3) convenience store diet
4) head scratching
5) food desert


Questions

1) Describe as many different diets as you can.
2) What was the purpose of professor Haub's diet?
3) Were you surprised by his results? If so, which part?
4) Do you agree that people should not try to eliminate all junk food from their diets
5) Do people in your country suffer from obesity? How is the government fighting this problem?