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Obesity: the Scourge of the Western WorldObesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the

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.

It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.

A．250,000,000

B．1,200,000,000

C．1,450,000,000

D．950,000,000

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Obesity（肥胖）：the scourge（祸害）of the western world Obesity is rapidly becoming a new

Obesity（肥胖）：the scourge（祸害）of the western world

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world，delegates agreed at tile 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday．According to statements I 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 0bese．

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 0nly one per cent．”But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scienti6c discoveries and medication．

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said：“We are living in the new age（but）with the me-tabolism 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 flood 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 a11 patients with high b100d 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 kilo一grams 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 oly apparent later on． No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy。 for their population group．

第 31 题 It is estimated that there are_____ people suffering from obesity in the world．

A．250，000，000

B．1，200，000，000

C．1，450，000，000

D．950，000，000

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Obesity （肥胖): the Scourge （祸害) of the Western World Obesity is rapidly becoming a new

Obesity (肥胖): the Scourge (祸害) of the Western World

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the llth 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 overran 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. 肥胖症

diabetic n. 糖悄病患者；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

It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.

A．250,000,000

B．1,200,000,000

C．1,450,000,000

D．950,000,000

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When the world was a simpler place, the rich were fat, the poor were thin, and right-think

ing people worried about how to feed the hungry. Now, in much of the world, the rich are thin, the poor are fat, and right-thinking people are worrying about obesity.

Evolution is mostly to blame. It has designed mankind to cope with deprivation, not plenty. People are perfectly tuned to store energy in good years to see them through lean ones. But when bad times never come, they are stuck with that energy, stored around their expanding bellies.

Thanks to rising agricultural productivity, lean years are rarer all over the globe. Modernday Malthusians, who used to draw graphs proving that the world was shortly going to run out of food, have gone rather quiet lately. According to the UN, the number of people short of food fell from 920m in 1980 to 799m 20 years later, even though the world's population increased by 1.6 billion over the period. This is mostly a cause for celebration. Mankind has won what was, for most of his time on this planet, his biggest battle: to ensure that he and his offspring had enough to eat. But every silver lining has a cloud, and the consequence of prosperity is a new plague that brings with it a

host of interesting policy dilemmas.

As a scourge of the modern world, obesity has an image problem. It is easier to associate with Father Christmas than with the four horses of the apocalypse. But it has a good claim to lumber along beside them, for it is the world's biggest public-health issue today—the main cause of heart disease, which kills more people these days than AIDS, malaria, war; the principal risk factor in diabetes; heavily implicated in cancer and other diseases. Since the World Health Organisation labelled obesity an "epidemic" in 2000, reports on its fearful consequences have come thick and fast.

Will public-health warnings, combined with media pressure, persuade people to get thinner, just as they finally put them off tobacco？ Possibly. In the rich world, sales of healthier foods are booming (see survey) and new figures suggest that over the past year Americans got very slightly thinner for the first time in recorded history. But even if Americans are losing a few ounces, it will be many years before the country solves the health problems caused by half a century's dining to excess. And, everywhere else in the world, people are still piling on the pounds. That's why there is now a consensus among doctors that governments should do something to stop them.

The author write this passage mainly to ______.

A．bring up some warnings.

B．tell the reader some new facts.

C．discuss a solution to a problem.

D．persuade the reader to keep fit.

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What does "scourge" mean in Paragraph 1？A．partB．compositeC．wayD．suffering

What does "scourge" mean in Paragraph 1？

A．part

B．composite

C．way

D．suffering

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根据材料回答{TSE}题： {TS}What is obesity？A. Obesity is having fat tissue under the skin.B

根据材料回答{TSE}题：根据材料回答{TSE}题： {TS}What is obesity？A. Obesity is ha {TS}What is obesity？

A. Obesity is having fat tissue under the skin.

B. Obesity is having fat tissue around organs.

C. Obesity is being too fat.

D. Obesity is having good health.

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Which of the following is most often accompanied by obesity？A．High blood pressure.B．Fatty

Which of the following is most often accompanied by obesity？

A．High blood pressure.

B．Fatty tissue complaints.

C．Diabetes.

D．Stomach-ache.

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In what way is obesity contagious and epidemic？A. Social networks let the obesity spread r

In what way is obesity contagious and epidemic？

A. Social networks let the obesity spread rapidly.

B. Individuals have genetically determined ranges of weights.

C. Obesity can easily spread from one to another without anyphysical contact.

D. Obesity can spread rapidly and extensively by infection andaffecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time.

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How many experts arc involved in making an agreement on the measurement of obesity？A．30B．3

How many experts arc involved in making an agreement on the measurement of obesity？

A．30

B．31

C．32

D．33

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