Sugary drinks warning signs change habits of US teens

KEY

Question 1

a.      “ Four different signs were used in the shops. Two translated the calories in the drinks into the amount of exercise needed to burn off those calories. False….. The remaining signs listed the sugar content of the drink.”

b.      False. “For six weeks, the brightly coloured signs were displayed in corner shops in neighbourhoods in Baltimore, in full view of young customers buying sugary drinks.”

c.      True. “ Out of the 35% of those interviewed who said they saw the signs,”

d.      True. “ 98% of drinks bought in the shops were sugary ones.”

Question 2.

a.      They put up four different signs with bright colours. Half of them showed how much exercise you had to do to work off the calories in the drinks. The other half showed how much sugar and the number of calories the drinks had. They chose the shops in the area where teenagers usually do their shopping.

b.      The effects of the signs were two. The number of sugary drinks teenagers bought became much lower after six weeks and a small percentage of teenagers didn´t buy any drinks. They found out asking young people as they were leaving the corner shops.

Question 3

a.      Purchasing / to purchase

b.      Encourage / to encourage

c.      To burn off / to work off

d.      Believed / to believe

e.      Chose / to choose

Question 4

a.      “We believe the signs so our behaviour has changed.”

b.      89% of the teenagers didn’t buy as many sugary drinks as they used to.

c.      Healthier choices can be encouraged by signs warning shoppers how much exercise they need to do.