The Reading / Listening - Late-night Eating - Level 0

Eating late at night is bad for us. We could get sick. A study says it increases the risk of obesity. Researchers said eating late makes us feel two times hungrier, so we eat more. When we eat earlier, we are less hungry, so we eat less. Later eaters eat unhealthier food. They also move around less, so they do not burn off calories.

Researchers looked at the eating habits of 16 overweight people. They were healthy. They ate regularly and exercised. They did not drink coffee or alcohol. They did not smoke, or take medicine or drugs. They kept a sleep diary so researchers knew their sleeping times. A researcher said it is better to stop eating at night.

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Sources
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/why-might-eating-late-increase-weight-gain-risk#What-we-eat-is-crucial-to-health
  • https://www.salon.com/2022/10/09/fasting-and-late-dinners/
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/eating-late-can-change-how-you-burn-calories-and-store-fat-depressing-study-finds


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Eating late at night is bad
  2. We could get
  3. it increases the risk
  4. feel two times
  5. we are less
  6. Later eaters eat
  7. They also move
  8. burn off
  1. hungry
  2. of obesity
  3. calories
  4. sick
  5. around less
  6. hungrier
  7. for us
  8. unhealthier food

Paragraph 2

  1. Researchers looked at the eating
  2. 16 overweight
  3. They ate regularly and
  4. They did not
  5. They kept a
  6. researchers knew their sleeping
  7. A researcher said it
  8. stop eating at
  1. night
  2. smoke
  3. sleep diary
  4. people
  5. is better
  6. habits
  7. times
  8. exercised

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Eating late (1) ___________________ bad for us. We could get sick. A study (2) ___________________ the risk of obesity. Researchers said eating late (3) ___________________ two times hungrier, (4) ___________________ more. When we eat earlier, (5) ___________________ hungry, so we eat less. Later eaters eat unhealthier food. They also (6) ___________________, so they do not burn off calories.

Researchers looked at (7) ___________________ of 16 overweight people. (8) ___________________. They ate regularly and exercised. They (9) ___________________ coffee or alcohol. They did not smoke, (10) ___________________ or drugs. They kept (11) ___________________ so researchers knew their sleeping times. A researcher said it is better to stop (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Eatinglateatnightisbadforus.Wecouldgetsick.Astudysaysitincreases
theriskofobesity.Researcherssaideatinglatemakesusfeeltwotimesh
ungrier,soweeatmore.Whenweeatearlier,wearelesshungry,soweea
tless.Latereaterseatunhealthierfood.Theyalsomovearoundless,soth
eydonotburnoffcalories.Researcherslookedattheeatinghabitsof16o
verweightpeople.Theywerehealthy.Theyateregularlyandexercised.
Theydidnotdrinkcoffeeoralcohol.Theydidnotsmoke,ortakemedicine
ordrugs.Theykeptasleepdiarysoresearchersknewtheirsleepingtime
s.Aresearchersaiditisbettertostopeatingatnight.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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