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Here is a great irony of 21st century global health: while many hundreds of millions of people lack adequate food as a result of
Here is a great irony of 21st century global health: while many hundreds of millions of people lack adequate food as a result of
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2017-06-29
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Here is a great irony of 21st century global health: while many hundreds of millions of people lack adequate food as a result of economic inequities, political corruption, or warfare, many hundreds of millions more are overweight to the point of increased risk of diet-related chronic diseases. Obesity is a worldwide phenomenon, affecting children as well as adults and forcing all but the poorest countries to divert scarce resources away from food security to take care of people with preventable heart disease and diabetes.
To reverse the obesity epidemic, we must address the fundamental cause. Overweight comes from consuming more food energy than is expended in activity. The cause of this imbalance also is ironically improved prosperity. People use extra income to eat more and be less physically active. Market economies encourage this. They turn people with expendable income into consumers of aggressively marketed foods that are high in energy but low in nutritional value, and of cars, television sets, and computers that promote sedentary behavior. Gaining weight is good business. Food is particularly big business because everyone eats.
Moreover, food is so overproduced that many countries especially the rich ones, have far more than they need — another irony. In the United States, to take an extreme example, most adults — of all ages, incomes, educational levels, and census categories — are overweight. The U. S. food supply provides 3800 kilocalories per person per day, nearly twice as much as required by many adults. Overabundant food forces companies to compete for sales through advertising, health claims, new products, larger portions, and campaigns directed towards children. Food marketing promotes weight gain. Indeed, it is difficult to think of any major industry that might benefit if people eat less food; certainly not the agriculture, food product, grocery, restaurant, diet, or drug industries. All flourish when people eat more, and all employ armies of lobbyists to discourage governments from doing anything to inhibit overeating.
As we can learn from the passage, the second irony refers to______.
选项
A、affluence and obesity
B、food energy and nutritional value
C、food business and economic prosperity
D、diseases of civilization and pathology of inactivity
答案
A
解析
推断题。本题题意是:“从本段文字我们得知第二个讽刺是指富裕与肥胖。”第二段第二、三句话提到“超重源自摄人超过运动所需的食物能量。具有讽刺意味的是,导致这种不平衡的原因是已有的繁荣。”所以选A。
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