Hundreds more free handouts at www.eslDiscussions.com OBESITY DISCUSSION STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘obesity’? 2) What do you know about obesity? 3) How much of a problem is obesity in your country? 4) Which people in your country are obese? 5) Why is obesity bad for your health? 6) Why is obesity increasing? 7) What should governments do to combat obesity? 8) Do you think obese people should pay higher medical charges? 9) Why don’t parents do enough to stop their children from becoming obese? 10) Is obesity immoral when so many people in the world are starving? Hundreds more free handouts at www.eslDiscussions.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBESITY DISCUSSION STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) 1) Which is worse, obesity or anorexia? 2) Should schools ban junk food to fight obesity? 3) Do you think obesity will be more of a problem in the future? 4) Do you think there are any drugs that can reduce obesity? 5) Do you think children should be taken into care if their parents let them become obese? 6) Do you see nay relationship between obesity and video games? 7) Should there be a “fat tax” on food that is very high in calories? 8) What do you think of the “big is beautiful” phenomena in the USA? 9) Is obesity a disease or a choice? 10) Do you think obese people should have special seats in airplanes and pay more money?