October 1
We finished with the transcript puzzle. We have a longer break now and will meet again in November.
Plan for the 17th
TED ED on Why are eating disorders so hard to treat and some of the things from below we haven’t done yet like the questions class 47 asked and the sporcle on dietary terms. We will go into the TED Ed intensively, spend time with the vocabulary before watching and put the text together after watching the video.
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Another task we will soon do is to discuss what kinds of questions we would ask patients who come for dietary or nutritional advice. Here we will have to consider what possible problems they might have that bring them to a dietician. After listing your own questions, check dietician questionaires on the internet and let’s evaluate the questions they offer. Also in this context: Sarah Greenfield: A Dietitian Answers Commonly Googled Questions About Dietitians. More video related ideas and additional exercises under Dieticians class (2025)
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Link to Quizlet
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We met for the first time on August the 20th and got to know each other a little. We spoke about loads of different topics (how many do you remember ;-). Today (September 3) I want to show you ‘around’ a little. But first we will do a little basic food vocabulary (which we did).
We tried to watch the TED Ed on eating disorders, but I couldn’t open it – try again next time. So we looked at a different one instead: Myths you learned in health class | TED-Ed. Clarified what health classes are and stopped at food pyramids and myplate. Question we started discussing: Why do governments (or the US government in this case) feel they have to tell people what or how to eat? We also briefly spoke about the obesity situation in Western countries and possible causes.
Additional to eating disorders: How do teens think about body image, beauty and bullying? | TED Blog
We meet again on September 17.
First meeting – Questionaire
- How many years have you learned English (in school or elsewhere)?
- Do you speak any other languages?
- What is your native language?
- Have you ever been to an English speaking country?
- Have you read any books in English? (e.g. in school, privately)
- Do you read any English magazines or newspapers (paper or online)?
- Have any of your studies as a dietician been in English?
- Have you watched or do you watch English/American etc. films in the original?
- Do you have any favorite series (TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.)? If yes, do you watch any of them in the original?
- Are there any websites related to food, nutrition, and/or health on the internet that you can recommend?
- Have you ever heard of TED talks? If yes, have you watched any?
- Is there any specific area of the English language you feel you need to practice or review?
- What would you like to learn or do in this course?
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Questions that came up in the beginning of class 47:
- What are food related diseases?
- Have they increased since World War II?
- If the answer to the question above is yes, why would that be?
- There seems to be so much information publicly available, is this helping people? If not, why not? If yes, how?
- How can people decide which information on the internet can be trusted?
- How has the food landscape changed over the last decades?
- How have obesity rates changed, since when and where?
- Is artificial sweetener harmful or not?
- What are food and health related myths and how do we know?
- How can dieticians help treat food related diseases?
- What is your favorite food and do you remember what you ate yesterday?
Would you add any?
Take a look at Kimberley Wilson from BBC Reel. The harmful legacy of poor nutrition.
Last time we started (46) 16 Little Food Pictograms Quiz – finish
If time left: (46) Diet and Nutrition Glossary Quiz