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Highly processed foods are almost always in binge eating (Level A1) — a group of cookies on a wire rack

Highly processed foods are almost always in binge eatingCEFR A1

31 Mar 2026

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Adapted from U. Michigan, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Swiss Educational College, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
70 words
  • People who binge eat often choose highly processed foods.
  • Many binge episodes often include sweets and salty snacks.
  • Common items are cake, ice cream, cookies, pastries.
  • Chocolate, pizza and chips show up in binges too.
  • It is rare to binge on plain whole foods.
  • Researchers looked at studies across many past years.
  • The pattern could often help change treatment and care.
  • Families and doctors may use this new information now.

Difficult words

  • binge — eating a large amount of food quickly
    binge episodes, binges
  • processed — food changed by machines or factories
  • snack — a small food eaten between meals
    salty snacks
  • pastry — a sweet baked good with dough
    pastries
  • researcher — a person who studies things carefully
    Researchers
  • treatment — medical care or steps to help illness

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Discussion questions

  • Do you like cake or ice cream?
  • What is your favorite snack?
  • Would you tell a doctor if you ate a lot at once?

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