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Week 1: Reading skills for university study

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The following paragraph appears: [P5] Over-nutrition is usually associated with industrialised countries, although it is now also a problem among affluent people in developing countries. The main problem is that the amount of energy consumed in food is greater than the needs of the body and this can result in people becoming overweight or obese. As with under-nutrition, this may lead them to become lethargic, less active and less able to concentrate.

The following annotations accompanying the paragraph: Over-n.  – developed+developing cntry

Over-n.=NRG in food < NRG needed→obesity

Over-n.→lethargy,↓activity,↓conc.