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Why French Parents Are Superior (in One Way)

By Karen Le Billon 

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Consider this: Our children are three times more likely to be overweight than French children. In fact, we lead the world in producing overweight children, but the French have one of the lowest rates of overweight children in the developed world.
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The causes of obesity are complex, but what we eat is undoubtedly a factor. Because of poor eating habits, the current generation of American children will suffer far more health problems — and perhaps have a shorter life expectancy — than their parents. We may be teaching our kids to eat themselves into an early grave.
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The reason lies in how we teach our kids to eat. I say this from personal experience: together with our two daughters we’ve divided our time between France and North America for the better part of two decades. Our daughters have been in school and daycare — and I’ve taught in universities — in both places. So I’ve seen French children in action from cradle to college.
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French parents teach their children to eat like we teach our kids to read: with love, patience and firm persistence they expose their children to a wide variety of tastes, flavors and textures that are the building blocks of a varied, healthy diet. Pediatrician-recommended first foods for French babies are leek soup, endive, spinach and beets (not bland rice cereal — have you ever tasted that stuff?). They teach their children that “good for you foods” taste good (broccoli – yum!), whereas we often do the opposite.
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The result is a nation of healthy eaters: 6 million French children sit down every day to school lunches featuring dishes like cauliflower casserole, baked endive, beet salad and broccoli. Vending machines and fast food are banned, and flavored milk is not an option. To introduce kids to a wide variety of foods, no dish can be repeated more than once per month. Food for thought.
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French children are also trained to think about how to eat. The French won’t ask a child, for example, “Are you full,” but rather “Are you still hungry” — a very different feeling. This is one example of French Food Rules (as I call them): codified common sense based in a rich food culture, backed up by a century of science.
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Another example: French kids snack only once a day. France’s official food guide emphatically recommends no snacking, and TV snack food ads carry a banner (much like cigarettes) warning that snacking between meals is bad for your health. Snacking, the French feel, creates unregulated eating habits that are difficult to change later in life. Given that our increased calorie consumption over the past 20 years has come largely from snacking, they may have a point.
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Just in case you were wondering, diets for French children are relatively rare; few of them need it. Nor are they deprived of treats: “food is fun” is the Golden Rule of French eating. Moderation, not deprivation — along with viewing food as a source of pleasure, a fun family adventure — is the core of French food culture. The French worry less about nutrients and calories, and instead concentrate on teaching their children to love food; c’est normal!, given that food is one of life’s great shared pleasures.
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We saw the results in our own family during the year we lived in France. Our children went from being absurdly picky eaters to loving many vegetables, from beets and broccoli to creamed spinach. They, in turn, inspired me to change the way I ate. When we’re not living in France, we continue (and adapt) the French approach to eating. This doesn’t mean we need to eat French food. Rather, we’ve learned some useful life lessons about how and why to eat.
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So we don’t need to parent like the French. But we should be asking ourselves what we could learn from them about children and food. It’s a conversation worth having, because a lot is at stake.

Karen Le Billon is the author of French Children Eat Everything. April 13, 2012, 10:22 AM

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Access on April 14th, 2012.

01 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

The author’s main purpose in this text is to 

a) praise French parents for allowing their kids to always eat between meals.
b) blame North-American parents for the short life expectancy of their kids.
c) encourage North-American parents to have their children eat French food.
d) introduce the benefits of the French style of eating to the upbringing of NorthAmerican kids.
e) justify why French kids are not given permission to repeat certain dishes more than once a year.

R E S P O S T A :   D

• O principal objetivo do autor neste texto é
a) elogie os pais franceses por permitir que seus filhos sempre comam entre as refeições.
b) culpar os pais norte-americanos pela curta expectativa de vida de seus filhos.
c) incentivar os pais norte-americanos a fazer com que seus filhos comam comida francesa.
d) introduzir os benefícios do estilo de comer francês na educação de crianças norte-americanas.
e) justifique por que as crianças francesas não têm permissão para repetir certos pratos mais de uma vez por ano.

02 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

According to paragraph 1, it is correct to say that

a) there are no children heavier than average in France.
b) French children are obese when compared to North-American ones.
c) the American and French rates of overweight children are equivalent.
d) the incidence of obese children has tripled both in France and North America.
e) American children have a much stronger tendency to be obese than the French ones.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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03 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In the fragment “We may be teaching our kids to eat themselves into an early grave.” (lines 6-7), may  expresses the idea of

a) possibility.
b) obligation.
c) necessity.
d) advice.
e) request.

R E S P O S T A :   A

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04 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In line 11, the author uses “both places” to refer to 
a) cradle and college.
b) school and daycare.
c) school and universities.
d) daycare and universities.
e) France and North America.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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05 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

In paragraph 4, the author uses parentheses in order to

a) provide extra details on cereals to be tasted by babies.
b) express her personal opinion about the taste of some foods.
c) reveal private information and feelings that should be kept secret.
d) criticize, in a kind way, the diet recommended by French pediatricians.
e) declare her rejection of bland rice cereal and broccoli, despite doctors’ advice.

R E S P O S T A :   B

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06 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

“Backed up” in  “…codified common sense based in a rich food culture, backed up by a century of science.”(lines 26-27) is correctly substituted by

a) denied.
b) revealed.
c) supported.
d) weakened.
e) contradicted.

R E S P O S T A :   C

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07 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

Based on the meanings expressed in the text, it is correct to affirm that

a) “current” (line 5) and “actual” have opposite meanings.
b) “banned” (line 21) and “forbidden” are synonyms. c) “wide” (line 22) could not be substituted by “large”.
d) “core” (line 37) and “center” are antonyms.
e) “useful” (line 45) and “worthless” express similar ideas.

R E S P O S T A :   B

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08 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

The expression in boldface introduces a contrast in

 
a) In fact, we lead the world in producing overweight children (line 2).
b) Because of poor eating habits (line 4-5).
c)    and instead concentrate on teaching their children to love food (line 38).
d) So we don’t need to parent like the French (line 47).
e) …because a lot is at stake (line 49).

R E S P O S T A :   C

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09 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

The fragment “Our children went from being absurdly picky eaters to loving many vegetables” (lines 41-42) suggests that these children 

a) developed healthier eating habits.
b) gave up eating fast food and soft drinks.
c) acquired severely disordered eating habits.
d) started selecting only the foods they liked best.
e) became very concerned about how their food was prepared.

R E S P O S T A :   A

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10 – (PUC/Rio-2012/2-VESTIBULAR DE INVERNO)

According to the text, French parents adopt all the following attitudes when teaching their children to eat, EXCEPT

 
a) encouraging children to think about how they eat.

b) exposing children to a wide variety of tastes, flavors and textures.
c) teaching children to love food as one of the great pleasures in life.
d) introducing kids to different sorts of food and avoiding snacking between meals.
e) banning treats from kids’ diet to avoid the association between joy and extra calories.

R E S P O S T A :   E

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