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Public service announcements donated by radio, print, television and Internet media will attempt to convince kids and their pare
Public service announcements donated by radio, print, television and Internet media will attempt to convince kids and their pare
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2014-05-20
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问题
Public service announcements donated by radio, print, television and Internet media will attempt to convince kids and their parents that leading a healthy lifestyle is important. We can’t get enough of this message about healthy lifestyle, because the news on obesity(the condition of being too fat), and especially childhood obesity, is grim. And it’s getting worse.
The last few months have seen a lot of reports on obesity, all sending a clear message: obesity is overwhelming us. It’s damaging us physically, leading to increases in diabetes, arthritis, heart disease and other chronic conditions. And it’s breaking us financially, as our health care system crushes under the weight of the cost of treatments for these diseases.
The journal Health Affairs published a study indicating that the cost of hospitalizing obese(too fat)children between 1999 and 2005 nearly doubled, with twice as many children requiring such care. The finding prompted the report’s lead researcher to say, " Obesity is the single biggest reason for the increase in health care costs. " In August, yet another study in the journal Academic Pediatrics showed the rate of severe obesity among U. S. children and teenagers aged 2 to 19 has more than tripled over the past three decades and risen more than 70 percent since 1994. Even here in Massachusetts, with universal health care, nearly one-third of our middle and high school students are overweight or obese.
What’s frightening in these reports is what’s happening to our young people. Childhood obesity is particularly more harmful because the health effects of obesity at a young age can last a lifetime. If nothing changes, we’ll continue to see spending rise to higher and higher levels, and we may see an entire generation burdened with the long-term effects of a condition that might have been prevented.
Adults recognize the issue. The University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health again in 2009 ranked obesity as the top child health concern of adults, surpassing all other threats, including drug abuse, smoking, bullying, and Internet safety. The survey also found blacks and Hispanics rank obesity as the number one health issue for the first time.
Promotions are all well and good; they call attention to the problem and keep it before the public. But the best solutions to the problem of childhood obesity likely rest with the notions of individual responsibility and parental supervision. Young people and their parents—because parental supervision and their roles in setting examples are critical to reversing the trend—must "take stock" of their exercise and eating habits.
The sentence "obesity is overwhelming us"(Lines 1-2, Para.2)most probably means______.
选项
A、obesity causes us to suffer from many diseases
B、obesity is damaging both our bodies and spirits
C、obesity will be the No. 1 killer for human health
D、obesity brings body damage and economic loss to us
答案
D
解析
推理题。根据题干提示定位至第二段,该段是承上启下的段落。该段首先对首段提到的正在恶化的肥胖现象进行了解释:肥胖正在使我们不堪重负。通过浏览后面的内容可知:我们之所以因肥胖而不堪重负是因为它不仅威胁到我们的身体健康,也使我们承受了高额的治疗费用。因此,选项[D]与文意最接近,故为正确答案。本题关键是理解overwhelming的意思。根据英文的写作模式,可以在后面的内容中寻找答案。通过浏览后面的内容可知,肥胖不仅危害着我们的身体健康,增加我们患各种慢性疾病的风险,也使我们蒙受了巨大的经济损失,因为治疗这些慢
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