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?{{B}}Obesity (肥胖): the scourge (祸害) of the Western World{{/B}} ?
?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
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 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 per cent 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 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. ? ?scourge n.
天灾；祸害 ? ?obesity n. 肥胖症 ? ?overrun vt. 侵扰；蹂躏 ?
?obese adj. 肥胖的 ? ?diabetic n. 糖尿病患者；adj.糖尿病的 ?
?medication n. 药物疗法 ? ?adipose adj. 脂肪的；肥胖的 ?
?metabolism n. 新陈代谢
What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
?{{B}}Obesity (肥胖): the scourge (祸害) of the Western World{{/B}} ?
?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
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 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 per cent 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 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. ? ?scourge n.
天灾；祸害 ? ?obesity n. 肥胖症 ? ?overrun vt. 侵扰；蹂躏 ?
?obese adj. 肥胖的 ? ?diabetic n. 糖尿病患者；adj.糖尿病的 ?
?medication n. 药物疗法 ? ?adipose adj. 脂肪的；肥胖的 ?
?metabolism n. 新陈代谢
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.
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