For health class, Noor recorded（记录）/rɪˈkɔːdɪd/ everything in her lunchbox（午餐盒）/ˈlʌntʃbɒks/ for five weekdays（工作日）/ˈwiːkdeɪz/. Monday（星期一）/ˈmʌndeɪ/ had beef（牛肉）/biːf/ noodles（面条）/ˈnuːdlz/ and a cookie（曲奇饼）/ˈkʊki/. Tuesday（星期二）/ˈtjuːzdeɪ/ had rice（米饭）/raɪs/, tofu（豆腐）/ˈtəʊfuː/ soup（汤）/suːp/, and candy（糖果）/ˈkændi/. Wednesday（星期三）/ˈwenzdeɪ/ had dumplings（饺子）/ˈdʌmplɪŋz/, juice（果汁）/dʒuːs/, and chocolate（巧克力）/ˈtʃɒklət/. Thursday（星期四）/ˈθɜːzdeɪ/ had a hamburger（汉堡包）/ˈhæmbɜːɡə/ and potato（土豆）/pəˈteɪtəʊ/. Friday（星期五）/ˈfraɪdeɪ/ had a sandwich（三明治）/ˈsænwɪdʒ/ and corn（玉米）/kɔːn/ salad（沙拉）/ˈsæləd/. She had packed a vegetable（蔬菜）/ˈvedʒtəbl/ only once. She chose sweet（甜的；甜食）/swiːt/ food on three days because it was quick（快速的；方便的）/kwɪk/ to take.
The teacher explained that one lunch table did not describe Noor's whole diet（饮食）/ˈdaɪət/. She did not call any（任何一个）/ˈeni/ single（单一的）/ˈsɪŋɡl/ food good（好的）/ɡʊd/ or bad, or try to calculate（计算）/ˈkælkjuleɪt/ its salt（盐）/sɔːlt/ or fat（脂肪）/fæt/. Instead, she asked the students to find a repeated habit（习惯）/ˈhæbɪt/ and look for variety（多样性；种类）/vəˈraɪəti/. Noor's lunches gave her energy（能量）/ˈenədʒi/, but only a few（少数；几个）/fjuː/ spaces（格子；空位）/ˈspeɪsɪz/ in the vegetable row（一行）/rəʊ/ had a mark（标记）/mɑːk/.
At home（在家）/æt həʊm/, Noor and her father spent time（花时间）/spent taɪm/ planning five lunches for the next week. They kept（保留）/kept/ main（主要的；主食的）/meɪn/ foods she liked and added vegetables in simple, delicious（可口的）/dɪˈlɪʃəs/ forms（形式）/fɔːmz/. Cucumber（黄瓜）/ˈkjuːkʌmbə/ and carrot（胡萝卜）/ˈkærət/ sticks（条状物）/stɪks/ could go beside a sandwich. Tomato（番茄）/təˈmɑːtəʊ/ and cabbage（卷心菜）/ˈkæbɪdʒ/ could be mixed with rice and an egg. They also planned a corn pancake（薄饼）/ˈpænkeɪk/ and chose an apple（苹果）/ˈæpl/, a pear（梨）/peə/, or a banana（香蕉）/bəˈnɑːnə/ for each day.
Noor worried about（担心）/ˈwʌrid əˈbaʊt/ the lunchbox becoming too full（满的）/fʊl/. Her father used smaller boxes（盒子）/ˈbɒksɪz/ and showed her how to prepare only the amount（数量）/əˈmaʊnt/ she could eat. She could add more rice if she was still hungry（饥饿的）/ˈhʌŋɡri/ and drink water if she was thirsty（口渴的）/ˈθɜːsti/. They packed a fork（叉子）/fɔːk/ for salad or chopsticks（筷子）/ˈtʃɒpstɪks/ for noodles. The new plan included（包括）/ɪnˈkluːdɪd/ less（更少的）/les/ sweet food: one day instead of（而不是）/ɪnˈsted əv/ three.
On Monday, Noor opened a lunchbox with rice, an egg, cucumber, an apple, and water. She ate the food instead of leaving（剩下；留下）/ˈliːvɪŋ/ the new vegetable untouched（未动的；没吃的）/ʌnˈtʌtʃt/. At the end of the week, her new table had a vegetable in every row. As a result（因此）/æz ə rɪˈzʌlt/, the record showed one clear（明确的）/klɪə/ change. From now on（从现在起）/frɒm naʊ ɒn/, Noor would check for variety when she planned her lunches.