English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 62

Two of the following paragraphs provide sufficient details to support their topic sentences convincingly. Write AD, for adequate development, beside those paragraphs. There are also three paragraphs that, for the most part, use vague, general, or wordy sentences as a substitute for concrete details. Write U, for underdeveloped, beside those paragraphs.
Attitudes toward Food
As children, we form attitudes toward food that are not easily changed. In some families, food is love. Not all families are like this, but some children grow up with this attitude. Some families think of food as something precious and not to be wasted. The attitudes children pick up about food are hard to change in adulthood. Some families celebrate with food. If a child learns an attitude, it is hard to break this later. Someone once said: "As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." Children are very impressionable, and they can't really think for themselves when they are small. Children learn from the parent figures in their lives, and later from their peers. Some families have healthy attitudes about food. It is impor­tant for adults to teach their children these healthy attitudes. Otherwise, the children may have weight problems when they are adults.