Obesity： the Scourge of the Western World

    Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna¹ Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference _ of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries 一 1. 2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
    Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said，“ Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany，20 per cent of the people are already affected，but in Japan only one per cent. ” But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
    Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man.²" “I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up³ on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. ”⁴
    Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, “Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese，also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints. ” "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one"s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure. ”
    Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index⁵ is more than 40. That is equivalent to⁶ a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier. ”
    Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. “ Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with⁷ the time which children spend in front of TV sets. ”
　　The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy⁸ for their population group.

词汇：

scourge / skɜ:dʒ/n. 天灾；祸害       

medication / ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/n. .药物疗法
obesity / əʊ"bi:sətɪ/n.肥胖症  

overrun / ˌəʊvə"rʌn/vt.侵扰；蹂躏

obese / əʊˈbi:s/n.肥胖的 

diabetic/ ˌdaɪəˈbetɪk/n. 糖尿病患者；adj.糖尿病的
pizza / ˈpi:tsə/n.(意大利式)烤馅饼，比萨饼
adipose/ "ædɪpəʊs/ahj.脂肪的;肥胖的

metabolism/ məˈtæbəlɪzəm/n. 新陈代谢

 

注释：

1. Vienna： n.维也纳（奧地利首都）
2.We are living... of a stone-age man.我们正生活在新时代，可是却是石器时代人类的新陈代 谢。言外之意，我们的饮食不讲究科学，见什么就吃什么。石器时代，食物匮乏，人类必须四 处觅食，新陈代谢自然旺盛;而现代有高度的物质文明，如果还像石器时代人类那样狼吞虎 咽,不吃成胖子才怪呢！
3.spring up:出现。例如:A suspicion sprang up in her mind.在她的头脑里出现了一个疑团。
4.We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization.我们已经深受快餐食品和可口可乐化的侵害。
5.body-mass index:体质指数(BMI)，也有人称为体重指数或身高体重指数。
6.be equivalent to ：相当于,等于
7.correlate with/to：(使）与……相关联例如:Her research results correlate with his.她的研究成果与他的研究成果相关联。They find it hard to correlate one set of figures with the other.他们发现很难使这两组数字发生相互联
8.life expectancy：(根据概率统计求得的）估计寿命，预期寿命

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?

A:Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure B:hirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure C:The more body weight one gains，the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high ‘ blood pressure he has

? ?下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。
{{B}}第一篇{{/B}}

The study showed that most of the girls ______.

A:were overweight B:were on a diet C:had unhealthy attitudes about weight D:had a healthy body weight

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference — of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries — 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said, "Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany, 20 percent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one percent. " But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every comer. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. "
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, "Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty percent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty percent with adipose tissue complaints. " "Ten percent more weight means thirteen percent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one’s weight by ten percent leads to thirteen percent lower blood pressure. "
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier. "
Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets. "
The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.
What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure

A:Ten percent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. B:Thirteen percent more body weight means ten percent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. C:The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has. D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.

Obesity: the Scourge of the Western World
Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference -- of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries -- 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said, "Obesity is a chronic illness, fin Germany, 20 per cent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one per cent." But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. "
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, "Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty per cent of all. patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints." "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure."
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index5 is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."
Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity ( fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets."
The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure（　）

A:Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. B:Thirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. C:The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has. D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.

{{B}}第二篇{{/B}}

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?

A:Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. B:Thirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. C:The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has. D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.

{{B}}第三篇{{/B}}

The study showed that most of the girls______.

A:were overweight B:were on a diet C:had unhealthy attitudes about weight D:had a healthy body weight

{{B}}第二篇{{/B}}

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?

A:Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. B:Thirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. C:The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has. D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.

Girls as young as 10 years old are dieting and in danger of developing unhealthy attitudes about weight, body image and food, a group of Toronto researchers reported Tuesday.
Their study of 2,279 girls aged 10 to 14 showed that while the vast majority had healthy weights, nearly a third felt they were overweight and were trying to lose pounds. Even at the tender age of 10, nearly 32 percent of girls felt" too fat" and 31 percent said they were trying to diet.
McVey, a researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and her colleagues analyzed data collected in a number of surveys of southern Ontario school girls between 1993 and 2003, reporting their findings in Tuesday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Nearly 80 percent of the girls had a healthy body weight and only 7.2 percent were considered overweight using standard weight-to, height ratios. Most researchers suggest the rate of overweight children in this country is several times higher than that figure.
Nearly 30 percent of the girls reported they were currently trying to lose weight, though few admitted to dangerous behavior such as self-induced vomiting.
Still, a test that measured attitudes towards eating showed 10.5 percent of survey participants were already at risk of developing an eating disorder.
"We’re not talking about kids who’ve been prescribed a diet because they’re above average weight or overweight. We’re talking about children who are within a healthy weight range. And they have taken it upon themselves to diet to lose weight," McVey said, acknowledging she found the rates disturbing. She said striking a balance between healthy weights and healthy attitudes towards food and body image is a complex task, with no easy solutions.
The study showed that most of the girls______.

A:were overweight B:were on a diet C:had unhealthy attitudes about weight D:had a healthy body weight

{{B}}第一篇{{/B}}

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?

A:Ten percent less body weight means ten percent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. B:Thirteen percent more body weight means ten percent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. C:The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has. D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.