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8 Food and health

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Look at the photographs and the article. 3 tvtark these sentences True (/1, False (Xl or Don't
Answer these questions. know (?).
I Who is the man? I Walter has lost over 400 kilos in ten months. tr
2 Where does he live? 2 His waist measurement is I l9 inches. tr
3 What is his problem? 3 He used to eat a big breakfast, but he didn't
4 What is he doing about it? usualiy eat lunch. tr
5 Is he successful? 4 Walter used to spend almost the whole day
6 How does he want to help other people? in bed. tr
2 5 Walter began his diet ten months ago. T
6 He only eats one meal a day now. tr
7 Walter is two metres ta1l. u
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8 He still watches TV most of the day.
9 There are a lot of adverts for food on TV. tr

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Walter Hudson is big. ln fact Walter's secret world finally hit the
he's enormous. He weighs over headlines ten months ago. He fell
250 kilos. And yet Walter is on a over on his way back from the
diet. He's losing weight at an bathroom and became stuck in the
incredible nine kilos a week. He doorway. lt took eight police officers
used to weigh over 530 kilos. and firemen to free him.
That's more than half a ton, and
But that incident changed his life.
it's heavier than a car or a
While he was lying on the floor
young elephant. At his
maximum size Walter's waist he decided that enough was enough.
The next day he started his diet. He
was 119 inches. His neck vvas as
didn't just cut down on food, he
thick as a woman's waist. His
stopped eating completely.
biceps were as big as an
average man's chest.
His diet was just as impressive.
He used to eat enough to feed
three families. For breakfast he
ate two pounds of sausages,
two pounds of bacon, twelve Before:
eggs, a pound of biscuits, six Walter at
Danish pastries, a pot of coffee 630 kilos
and four pints of orange juice.
Lunch and dinner were even
bigger. Then there were the
snacks between meals. During
the morning he ate twelve
doughnuts.
Each afternoon he ate ten large
packets of crisps and in the
evening a couple of
family-sized pizzas. On
top of all that he'
drank 96 cans of soft
drinks. That was one
day's food and
walter
Walter ate thatate that
much every day. €#:
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