# Questão fae3b598-b0 — Inglês

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- **Código:** fae3b598-b0
- **Disciplina:** [Inglês](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/disciplina/16-ingles)
- **Área:** [Linguagens](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/area/linguagens)
- **Ano:** [2022](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/ano/2022)
- **Instituição:** Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
- **Assuntos:** Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- **Nível:** Fácil
- **Gabarito:** alternativa C

## Enunciado

This text refers to question

How to Stop Eating Sugar

By David Leonhardt

If you’re like most Americans, you eat more sugar than is good for you. But it’s entirely possible 
to eat less sugar without sacrificing much — if any — of the pleasures of eating. Surprising as it 
may sound, many people who have cut back on sugar say they find their new eating habits more 
pleasurable than their old ones. This guide will walk you through why sugar matters, how you can 
make smart food choices to reduce sugar consumption, and how you can keep your life sweet, 
even without so many sweets.

Here's why you eat more sugar than you realize, and why it's a problem. The first thing to know: 
Added sugars, of one kind or another, are almost everywhere in the modern diet. They’re in 
sandwich bread, chicken stock, pickles, salad dressing, crackers, yogurt and cereal, as well as in 
the obvious foods and drinks, like soda and desserts.


The biggest problem with added sweeteners is that they make it easy to overeat. They’re tasty and 
highly caloric but they often don’t make you feel full. Instead, they can trick you into wanting even 
more food. Because we’re surrounded by added sweeteners — in our kitchens, in restaurants, at 
schools and offices — most of us will eat too much of them unless we consciously set out to do 
otherwise.

It’s not an accident. The sugar industry has conducted an aggressive, decades-long campaign 
to blame the obesity epidemic on fats, not sugars. Fats, after all, seem as if they should cause 
obesity. Thanks partly to that campaign, sugar consumption soared in the United States even as 
people were trying to lose weight. But research increasingly indicates that an overabundance of 
simple carbohydrates, and sugar in particular, is the No. 1 problem in modern diets. Sugar is the 
driving force behind the diabetes and obesity epidemics. Fortunately, more people are realizing 
the harms of sugar and cutting back.


[...]

Changing your diet is hard. If your strategy involves thinking about sugar all the time — whenever 
you’re shopping or eating — you’ll likely fail. You’ll also be miserable in the process. It’s much more 
effective to come up with a few simple rules and habits that then become second nature. (One 
strategy to consider: Eliminate all added sugars for one month, and then add back only the ones 
you miss. It’s easier than it sounds.)


Above all, most people’s goal should be to find a few simple, lasting ways to cut back on sugar. 
Once you’re done reading this guide, we suggest you choose two or three of our ideas and try 
them for a few weeks.


https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/how-to-stop-eating-sugar (text adapted)

The terms “ones”, in highlighted, found in the first and fifth paragraphs, in the text How to Stop Eating Sugar, 
refer to

## Alternativas

- **A)** many people / simple rules.
- **B)** smart food / one month.
- **C)** eating habits / added sugars. ✔ **correta**
- **D)** eating pleasure / second nature.
- **E)** sugar matters / add back.

## Resposta correta

Alternativa **C**.

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