Nutrition is what we eat and put into our bodies. It is important to keep us in good health both mentally and physically. These interesting questions about nutrition make for a great discussion on the topic.
This is a fairly advanced subject for ESL learners to talk about, the most difficult terms used in the questions include – vitamins, packaging, traditional, brain function, consider, protein, keto, paleo, vegan, majority, frozen, canned, source, monitor, and age (verb).
The nutrition conversation questions are –
1 – What are the first 5 things that you think of when you hear the word nutrition?
2 – How would you describe your diet? Do you think your body gets enough nutrition?
3 – What is your favorite nutritious drink? Do you make it yourself or usually buy it?
4 – Which countries do you think have nutritious traditional meals? What do they eat?
5 – When was the last time you took vitamins? What did you take the vitamins for?
6 – Do you read the nutrition information on food packaging? What do you look for?
7 – What is the least nutritious thing that you enjoy eating? How often do you eat it?
8 – Have you ever used a meal planner to help with your nutrition? What was on the plan?
9 – What would be some good nutritious foods to eat and improve your brain function?
10 – Which part of your body do you think about most when you consider nutrition?
11 – Do you ever consider where your food comes from? What things do you try to avoid?
12 – What would you eat if you came down with a bad cold or flu? Why would this help?
13 – Is seafood a big part of your diet? What kinds of nutrition can it give you?
14 – What kind of meat do you eat most often? What other ways do you get protein?
15 – Does your family eat well? Who usually cooks the food and where does it come from?
16 – Have you ever gone on a special kind of diet such as keto, paleo, or vegan diet?
17 – Which meal of the day could you most easily change to give yourself more nutrition?
18 – How has the average person’s nutrition changed over the last 50 to 100 years?
19 – Do you eat mostly fresh food or is the majority of your food frozen and canned?
20 – Has a doctor or anyone else ever advised you to eat more of something? What was it?
21 – Do you think that our sources of nutrition will change much in the future? How?
22 – If you had to plan a very nutritious day of meals for a child, what would you choose?
23 – Which do you worry about eating most, sugar, salt, or fat? How do you monitor this?
24 – What things do you think are important to put in your body if you want to age well?
25 – Who is the healthiest person that you know? What kinds of foods do they eat?
