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Food Essay: Introduction

Instructions: Read the essay carefully as you fill in the gaps, as you will have to complete some more exercises based on the same text later.
When you finish this text, do exercises food_c2 and food_c3. They are the body and conclusion.

A recent theme 1) ________ 2) ________ popular media has been 3) ________ decline 4) ________ 5) ________ quality and nutritional value 6) ________ 7) ________ food that we buy. Newspapers 8) ________ particular warn us 9) ________ 10) ________ problems associated with convenience and take away food, whilst commenting on 11) ________ spread 12) ________ advertising aimed at children. The government and manufacturers are frequently cited as 13) ________ sole cause 14) ________ these problems. Although there are undoubtedly problems associated with current eating habits it can be seen that 15) ________ blame rests mainly with 16) ________ consumer because 17) ________ 18) ________ law 19) ________ supply and demand. In short, modern shoppers value price and convenience over nutritional quality.

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