Readers Digest 8th Hour

Readers Digest
Vishwesh Dayal

Table of Contents
Teen obesity _________________________________________________________ 1
Indian Naan Recipe____________________________________________________ 2
100 Word Stories______________________________________________________ 3
Virtual Reality_________________________________________________________ 4
Progress_____________________________________________________________ 5

P.S. I do not have the 4 choice articles because I was IT guy for my class.

Teen Obesity

Teen obesity is a problem that a lot of teens face in the world of today. In the
past 30 years, teen obesity has more than doubled in children and more than
quadrupled in adolescents according to Sutterhealth.org. In general, around one-third of
adolescents and children are obese. A person is considered obese if he/she/it are 20%
heavier than their ideal body weight. It is considered a common eating disorder that is
linked with adolescent.(Teen Obesity) Some health issues that are linked to teen
obesity are heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and some forms of
cancer. Some reasons that teen obesity is caused that poor eating habits, overeating,
lack of exercise, etc.. There are many different ways to handle obesity. One simple way
is to reduce the calorie intake. This will help you a lot and decrease your obesity. One
more way is to hit the gym.(Obesity in teens and children) Working out at the gym will
help you a lot and will get rid of a lot of weight in your body. This will be very good for
you. Running every day for a certain time will also help you a lot. It will increase your
endurance a lot and then you will be able to do other things that require exercise for a
longer period of time. Running outside can be better than running inside at some times
because you can get fresh air as you run. If you run inside, you can’t be affected by
such things such as weather. You can’t run outside if it is bad weather.(What being over
overweight is a health problem)

Indian Naan recipe
Ingredients
3 ½ cups of all purpose flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon
baking powder, 1 teaspoon ground coriander, 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin, 1 cup plain
soymilk, 1 cup vegan sour cream, 1 cup garlic( finely chopped ) optional
How to make it

1. Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, cumin, coriander in a large bowl
2. Stir in the soy milk and vegan sour cream, then knead it in the bowl until it holds

together well. Adding more flour until necessary
3. Place on the floured surface and continue kneading for 5 to 10 minutes till the

dough feels smooth and elastic
4. Convert the dough into a ball and place it in a non-stick bowl, covered with a

towel, to rest about an hour or longer
5. Take out the dough and cut it into 12 equal pieces
6. Convert each into a ball and press the balls flat until it is shaped like a round disc
7. Heat a large non-stick frying pan or griddle on medium heat
8. Take 1 piece of dough at a time and flatten it out on a floured surface until it is

about 8-10 inches across and less than 1/4 inch in thickness
9. Lay the dough on the hot griddle and cook it on medium heat for 2-3 minutes on

each side or until it puffs up and some blackish-brown spots appear
10. Serve hot
11. To reheat, wrap them in an aluminum foil, in packets of 5 or 6 breads (or less)

and bake (in pre-heated oven) at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes
Essay

Naan is a very important part of my family’s culture and is very important part of a
lot of other cultures as well. My both sides of my parents family are from a certain place
in india called Bihar. It is in the north place in India and is where my family has been for
generations. That place is where naan is a staple food and my family has been eating
that food for generations. It is eaten with vegetables like some people eat tortillas with
certain vegetables. We buy vegetables from a store and we cook them on a stove, then
we put the vegetables in a plate and eat that with naan. This has been a very important
part of my family also because we eat it for dinner almost every day. Usually around 2-4
times a week we eat naan with a certain vegetable and it tastes very good.

Airport Problem
Once, when i was in 4th grade, i was at an airport in Atlanta, GA. My mom
accidentally left her purse while we were at the checking station. In that purse, i had my
ipad, my nintendo, my brother’s nintendo and of course my mom’s possessions. I
remembered as soon as i was about to get on the plane that my mom didn’t have her
purse with her at the boarding station. Then, we decided that we couldn’t leave the
purse there and ran off to go get it. Once, we got there, they said it was in a lost and
found on the other side of the airport. So we ran off to go the lost and found and finally
found it. Then, we went back to the boarding station and got a new ticket. Of course our
new plane had to not show up because of weather issues and had done an emergency
landing. So, we had to wait 2 hours and then we finally got on and got home.

Life can be strange
Over this school year, very strange things happened. I failed some tests and
passed a bunch. I never studied for a math test but my worst grade was a 91%. I tried to
be a nice person to everyone and ended up making a lot of friends. I tried very hard to
get straight A's in all my classes. I used to bring almost 4 rubik's cubes every single day
but then decided to not bring them all after a while. I bring an umbrella to school every
single day to school because i thought it would rain but it never did rain. Finally, a few
weeks ago, i forgot to bring my umbrella and that was the day it started to pour rain as
soon as i got off the bus to go home.

Virtual Reality

Virtual reality has a huge effect on the teens of today. It can change the lives of
many people. It can create an easy way for gamers to enjoy games more. The majority
of games are teens and this the group that will be most affected. Teens go through a
stage in their life where they just want to be left alone and don’t want to have too much
contact with people. Virtual reality could have a very negative impact on people
because it could cause them to not go outside and make them the kind of person that
doesn’t anything. Virtual reality can be a great thing because it will force games who
usually sit down and become couch potatoes to actually move and exercise for however
long they play. Virtual reality is known as virtual environment to engineers and to
software engineers. The goal of virtual reality is to trick the brain into believing that it is
in a virtual environment and to make it feel like it is in a different place. This concept is
known as immersion. This means a user feeling like it is inside and part of a different
world. The mixture of immersion and interactivity is known as telepresence. Another
great use for this technology is movies. You can buy a movie, hook it up with your
virtual reality headset and have a great time watching a movie while feeling like you are
in the movie. In conclusion, virtual reality is a good thing for gamers and for movie fans
but can make people antisocial.

Progress

Devendra Kumar was born on September 6, 1976 in a town in India. As a child,
he was very careless and didn’t care very much about his school work but that changed
when he got to middle and high school. His biggest dream as a child was to become a
detective for a government agency. His favorite part of his job is that he has a influence
on the company he works for and can impact the decisions the company makes.
Devendra Kumar works for Black and Veatch in the city of Overland Park, Kansas.
Devendra’s dislike about his job is that it can sometimes get monotonous but he fixs
that by adding new things to do to his job. He wants to be the CIO(Chief Information
Officer) of his company by the time he retires. He wants to have a salary of 500k yearly
by that time as well. If he could meet any famous person, it would be Elon Musk. He
believes that other jobs in his field are not as impactful on the final result of the
company and his job is on the higher end of the spectrum. He feels that if he met his
child self, he would be very proud of his job and if he gave some advice to his child self,
he would tell him to be more social.