John Prescott admits bulimia
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
1. People who suffer from bulimia...
2. People who suffer from anorexia...
3. John Prescott began to suffer from bulimia because…
4. He says he felt like an idiot because…
5. His case is unusual because…
6. The chief executive of Beat thinks Prescott is brave because…
a. … young women usually suffer from eating disorders, not middle-aged men.
b. … don’t eat enough food and become extremely thin.
c. … he was the only man in the consultant’s waiting room.
d. … eat large amounts of food and then throw up.
e. … people often feel ashamed and find it difficult to talk about eating disorders.
f. … he was under a lot of stress in his job.
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
is nearly 70
years old, it’s especially difficult.”
Glover said he had never before heard of a man
of Prescott’s age with bulimia. “It
makes me
think that maybe there are a large number of
middle-aged men who
are too frightened to tell
anyone they have a problem. “I hope they will
stop suffering in silence and seek treatment.”
It is believed that there are more than one
million people in Britain
with an eating disorder
such as bulimia or anorexia. 90% of these
people are women.
© Guardian News & Media 2008
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published in The Guardian, 21/04/08
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