IELTS Essay: Restaurants & Food Waste

Vocabulary Answers

growing global problem increasing issue around the world

countermeasure solution

cut down on portion sizes eat less food

mainly mostly

ensure make sure

natural instinct predisposed towards

drive partly explains desire somewhat illustrates

ambitious shoppers intending people buying more than they can eat/prepare wanting to

summon the initiative work up the effort to

produce fruit and veggies

spoil go bad

throw it out put in the trash

make other plans do something else

reinforcing cycle feedback loop

over-eating eating too much

obese consumers fat people

stuff themselves eat too much

over time gradually

ingrained habit accustomed to it

increasingly greater quantities of food larger and larger portion sizes

naturally go bad inevitably spoil

thrown out put in the trash

finish eat all

counter-example example of the opposite case

practice behaviour

smaller portion sizes less food per meal

dramatically lower much less

modest smaller

replicated repeated

reformed school meals changed what kids eat at school

took other key steps did other things

deep psychological roots part of being human

average meal normal meal

shift change

concerted effort dedicated attempt

ordinary citizens normal people

health officials those in charge of public health