Sit Down Meal

Eating together as a family is more important today than in the past because there are more competing distractions,

more choices of activities outside the home, and a constant

bombardment of information from modern

technology.

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“Family dinners improve physical and mental health”

According to a study published recently in Pediatrics, sitting down to a family dinner together three or more times per week resulted in kids being 12 percent less likely to be overweight; there was also a 20 percent reduced chance of their developing eating disorders. More benefits?

A 20 percent reduction in the odds of a child’s consuming junk food and a 24 percent increased chance family members will eat healthy food.

http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/6-ways-to-get-dinner-on-the-table-faster

In an article from families.com by Teresa McEntire, “Why Families Should Eat Together,she writes :

eat together benefit in a variety of ways:

Eating together helps families achieve better communication and build stronger relationships,

children do better in school and are better adjusted as teens and adults,

and the entire family enjoys better nutrition. Eating together provides opportunities for communication.”

Sitting down to regular meals reduces the chance of teenage drug use in girls

Teenage girls whose families eat meals together regularly have a 50 percent lower chance of

using alcohol, tobacco or marijuana than girls from families who did not regularly spend such time together, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and published in the Journal of

Adolescent Health.Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/024990.html#ixzz2C7oDtNhb

Four simple steps

Make it a top priority to eat together.

Keep the conversation at the table positive.

Turn off the TV.

Make the meals special by cooking each one’s favorite food from time to time.

Consecuences

Ideomatic Expressions

• In english, there are many ideomatic expressions, or figures of speech, related to food. The expressions feature words related to food or eating, but are commonly used in other contexts.

Examples

It´s a bit hard for people to

swallow. (= People could not believe

it.)

It puts bread on her table (= It helps her make a

living.)

Phrasal verbs

What is a phrasal verb?

•A phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition. The preposition can add extra meaning to the verb or give it more emphasis.

•Could you switch off the light, please?I had an ice-cream to cool down.

Some, prepositions change the meaning of different verbs in a similar way. The preposition away, for example, can mean away from here, or it can mean intensively. This means that it can be combined with any verb of activity.

•I didn't hear the telephone because I was working away.I've been typing away all morning.

Phrasal verbs are a really important part of the English language, especially for spoken English.

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