Flashcards on Food and Eating Habits
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Food Eating & Nutrition
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Card 1
Question: Why do some people become vegetarians or vegans?
Answer: Vegetarians avoid meat often due to aversion to meat, to lose weight (vegetarian diets are lower in fat), or disagreement with killing animals. Vegans
Card 2
Question: What foods do Slovak families commonly eat on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Fish soup or sauerkraut soup, fried carp and potato salad (potatoes, carrots, onions, peas, mayonnaise), wafers with honey and garlic, homemade sweets
Card 3
Question: What foods are typically eaten at Easter in the described tradition?
Answer: Smoked ham or meat, Vienna schnitzel with potato salad or mashed potatoes, various cheeses (steamed cheese, cheese strings, sheep cheese), and baked l
Card 4
Question: What defines anorexia according to the content?
Answer: Anorexia is a serious mental health problem where people avoid food because they fear gaining weight and try to stay as thin as possible, even when un
Card 5
Question: How is bulimia described in the material?
Answer: Bulimia is characterized by eating a lot of food at once (bingeing) and then trying to get rid of it by vomiting to avoid gaining weight.
Card 6
Question: What causes obesity as explained here?
Answer: Obesity is being very overweight to the detriment of health; it happens when a person eats more food than their body needs and does not move enough.
Card 7
Question: List four basic tastes used to describe food.
Answer: Sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
Card 8
Question: What are typical daily meals and recommended eating frequency mentioned?
Answer: We usually eat three times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's important to aim for a balanced diet and eat regularly, about 3–4 times a day in
Card 9
Question: How do weekday and weekend breakfast habits typically differ?
Answer: On weekdays breakfast is often quick or skipped due to hurry (rolls with butter/ham/cheese or tea); on weekends people enjoy a bigger breakfast like s
Card 10
Question: What is the main meal difference between Slovakia and Britain/America?
Answer: In Slovakia lunch is the most important meal (often soup and warm main), while in Britain and America dinner is the most important, served in the even