Impact of Diet on Behavior and Recidivism in Correctional Facilities
The Impact of Diet on Behavior
This document explores the correlation between diet and behavior, particularly within correctional facilities. It examines how dietary adjustments can influence the behavior of inmates and potentially affect recidivism rates.
Key Terms and Concepts
- Assortment: Surtido
- Approach: Method
- As well as: Al igual que
- Behavior: Comportament
- Brain: Cervell
- Crave: Desitjar
- Crimes: Delictes
- Disruptive: Problematica
- Day-care centers: Centre de dia
- Dropped: Disminuir
- Dealing: Tractar
- Enrolled: Matricularse
- Food coloring: Colorants
- Imbalance: Desequilibrio
- Inmates: Intern
- Lacks: Manca
- Liable: Propers
- Looking: Tancar
- Let: Conduit
- Nourishing: Nutritiu
- Offenders institution: Corrececional
- Offenders: Delinquents
- Inmate: Preso
- Offenses: Infraccions
- Put forward: Proposar
- Painted: Remarcar
- Pill: Pildora
- Point out: Resaltar
- Providing: Proporcionar
- To find out: Averiguar
- Rage: Ira
- Rate: Index
- Tailor-made: Feta a mida
- Rages: Enfados
- Staff: Personal
- Sweat: Suar
- The bottom line: Questio
- Trouble: Problema
- Unhealthy: Insalubre
- Worse: Pitjor
- Commits a crime: Breaks the law
- Remarkable: Amazing
- Pills: Tablets
- Decreased or gone down: Dropped
- Bottom line: Most important point/factor
- Rate: Frequency
- Rage: Anger
- Treat: Try to cure
Reported Speech: Tense Changes
When reporting what someone said, we often need to change the tenses of the verbs. Here’s a table summarizing the common tense changes:
| Direct Speech | Example | Reported Speech |
| Present Simple | We eat healthy food | She said that they ate healthy food |
| Past Simple | We ate healthy food | She said that they had eaten healthy food |
| Future Simple | We will eat | She said that they would eat |
| Present Continuous | We are eating | She said that they were eating |
| Past Continuous | We were eating healthy food | She said that they had been eating |
| Present Perfect Simple | We have eaten | She said that they had eaten |
| Present Perfect Continuous | We have been eating | She said that they had been eating |
| Past Perfect Simple | We had eaten | She said that they had eaten |
| Past Perfect Continuous | We had been eating healthy food | She said that they had been eating healthy food |
Modal verbs also change in reported speech:
- Can becomes Could
- May becomes Might
- Must stays Must or becomes Had to
- Will becomes Would
Time and place references also change:
- Now becomes Then
- Today becomes That day
- Tonight becomes That night
- Yesterday becomes The day before
- Last week becomes The week before
- Tomorrow becomes The day after
- Next week becomes The week after
- Here becomes There
- This/These becomes That/Those
Reported Speech: Examples
- “Turn the music down,” he told me. → He told me to turn the music down.
- “Don’t talk to me,” he told her. → He told her not to talk to him.
- “Can you help me?” she asked me. → She asked me if I could help her.
- “Did you travel by plane?” he asked us. → He asked us if we had traveled by plane.
- “Will you marry me?” he asked her. → He asked her if she would marry him.
- “Do you still play football?” I asked him. → I asked him if he still played football.
- “Pay more attention to me!” she told him. → She told him to pay more attention to her.
- “Don’t make any noise,” I told her. → I told her not to make any noise.
- “We want to get married next May,” they said. → They said that they wanted to get married the following May.
- “I can repair it today if you like,” he told me. → He told me that he could repair it that day if I liked.
- “How do you write your names?” she asked them. → She asked them how they wrote their names.
- “How far is it?” they asked. → They asked how far it was.
- “What is the capital of France?” he asked John. → He asked John what the capital of France was.
Writing Tips
Comparing
- Both pictures show…
- The pictures are alike because…
- Picture A shows…, while picture B shows…
- In picture A…, but in picture B…
Expressing Opinions
- Personally, I prefer…
Connectors
- Moreover
- Besides
- In addition
- As well as
Contrast
- But
- However
- Nevertheless
- Although
- In spite of
- While
- Whereas
Other Expressions
- In conclusion
- To sum up
- In short
- In my opinion
- I believe that…
Perfect Modals
- Shouldn’t have been…
Essay Structures
- For and Against: Introduction, Arguments for, Arguments against, Conclusion
- Story Narrative: Opening, Characters, Setting, Ending, Past Perfect, Extreme Adjectives
- Opinion: Introduction, Arguments, Conclusion