Fat Tax

Task 21: Cohesion - Linking Words

Instructions: Use an appropriate linking word to fill the gaps in this essay. There is more than one right answer, but you make sure you use an appropriate word. Linking words may show cause and effect or they may add information, or signal a change in direction. Below are some words that you may use in the blanks, but there are other words that will be suitable. When you have finished you may share your work with a friend.

Signal words for cause and effect	Signal words for adding information	Signal words to show change of direction
because causes therefore consequently as so	also as well in addition furthermore	however but or

Students are eating unhealthy food for lunch __________ it is on sale at the school canteen. I propose that it is in the best interests of the students to ban the sale of junk food.

__________ fatty foods contribute to obesity they should not be sold in the school canteen. It is well known that obesity creates major health problems. __________, a New Zealand research found children's weight is changing: "The study found an increase in the number of obese children from 2.4 per cent in 1989 to 9.1 per cent in 2000. The number of those classed as overweight had gone up from 11 per cent to 20.9 per cent." Who can refute these figures? __________ why is the school canteen still selling food that is high in both fat and sugar? Other schools aren't. One school in the same area now only sells thirty pies a day compared to the thousand they sold before introducing healthy foods. Is it not possible for our school to do the same?

___________ the school should display a social conscience by promoting healthy foods. Profiteering from selling junk foods to students is just not acceptable. ___________, the school has a moral obligation to look after their students. It is in students best interests to sell them healthy alternatives for lunch that are low in fat, sugar and salt rather than the junk food currently sold. What is wrong with selling pizza's rather than pies? The school can still make a profit.

Eating foods high in sugar can be disruptive to learning. It is often said that sugar gives you energy, __________ this is only partly true. Researchers, in America, found that coca cola spiked a person's energy levels almost immediately, __________ after approximately a minute and a half their energy dropped to a much lower level. ___________, sugar does not really give you energy. __________, students' work levels may drop off because they feel tired. __________, teachers have reported that some students are hyperactive after lunch. Often, it is those students who have eaten doughnuts, chocolate, or had fizzy drinks all of which have been bought from the school canteen.