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You may want to skip the toppings on your next hot
dog, or skip it altogether: Health researchers at the
University of Michigan have found that eating a single
hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life. In their study,
researchers looked at 5,853 foods in the US diet and
measured their effects in minutes of healthy life gained
or lost. “We wanted to make a health-based evaluation of
the beneficial and detrimental impacts of the food in the
entire diet,” Olivier Jolliet, professor of environmental
health sciences at the university and senior author of the
paper, told CNN.
The team came up with an index that calculates the net
beneficial or detrimental health burden in minutes of
healthy life associated with a serving of food. It’s based
on a study called the Global Burden of Disease, which
measures morbidity associated with a person’s food
choices. “For example, 0.45 minutes are lost per gram of
processed meat, or 0.1 minutes are gained per gram of
fruit. We then look at the composition of each food and
then multiplied this number by the corresponding food
profiles that we previously developed,” said the professor.
One of the foods researchers measured was a standard
beef hot dog on a bun. Its 61 grams of processed meat
resulted in the loss of 27 minutes of healthy life, Jolliet
said — but when ingredients like sodium and trans fatty
acids were factored in, the final value was 36 minutes
lost. Consumption of foods such as nuts, legumes,
seafood, fruits and nonstarchy vegetables, on the other
hand, have positive effects on health, the study found.
“The index is primarily there to help aid in selecting and
using calories consumed on a daily basis to tweak a
minimum of habits and make the minimum of change to
obtain a maximum benefit for health and the environment
from our food experience,” Jolliet said.
(Lauren M. Johnson. https://edition.cnn.com,
27.08.2021. Adaptado.)
01. QUESTÃO - According to the text, the study highlights
a) the diseases caused by a junk food-based diet.
b) the foods that lengthen and shorten lifespan.
c) the secret side effects of eating fast food.
d) the myths about food and nutrition.
e) the foods that increase people’s metabolism.
02. QUESTÃO - No trecho do primeiro parágrafo “a single hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life”, a expressão destacada pode
ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por
a) may perhaps take 36 minutes off your life.
b) would definitely take 36 minutes off your life.
c) shall definitely take 36 minutes off your life.
d) should certainly take 36 minutes off your life.
e) will surely take 36 minutes off your life.
03. QUESTÃO - In the excerpt from the second paragraph “which
measures morbidity associated with a person’s food
choices”, the underlined word refers to
a) food.
b) team.
c) minutes.
d) index.
e) study.
04. QUESTÃO - No trecho do segundo parágrafo “For example, 0.45
minutes are lost per gram of processed meat”, a expressão
“for example” pode ser substituída, sem alteração de
sentido, por
a) furthermore.
b) to summarize.
c) in fact.
d) moreover.
e) for instance.
05. QUESTÃO - No trecho do segundo parágrafo “We then look at the
composition of each food and then multiplied this number
by the corresponding food profiles that we previously
developed”, os termos sublinhados indicam
a) causa.
b) comparação.
c) efeito.
d) sequência.
e) conclusão.
06. QUESTÃO - In the excerpt from the third paragraph “The index is
primarily there to help aid in selecting and using calories
consumed on a daily basis to tweak a minimum of
habits”, the underlined word can be replaced, without
meaning change, by
a) avoid.
b) change.
c) learn.
d) describe.
e) acquire.
01. QUESTÃO - B
De acordo com o texto, o estudo enfatiza os alimentos que prolongam e encurtam a expectativa de vida.
02. QUESTÃO - A
*could take 36 minutes off your life = may perhaps take 36 minutes of your life.
*could take = may perhaps = poderia
Ambas as expressões indicam possibilidade
03. QUESTÃO - E
O pronome relativo “which” refere-se a estudo.
04. QUESTÃO - E
*for example = for instance = por exemplo
05. QUESTÃO - D
*then = então, em seguida – indica sequência
06. QUESTÃO - B
*to tweak = to change = mudar, ajustar
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