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Tokyo—Sunstar Inc. , makers of GUM and Butler brand oral hygiene products, will be sending select employees to a most unusual th
Tokyo—Sunstar Inc. , makers of GUM and Butler brand oral hygiene products, will be sending select employees to a most unusual th
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2015-03-25
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Tokyo—Sunstar Inc. , makers of GUM and Butler brand oral hygiene products, will be sending select employees to a most unusual three-day company retreat this year. The goal isn’t high productivity, product development, or team building but instead slim waistlines. Sunstar’s fat farm is part of a broad range of programs instituted by companies and the government here as Japan begins its battle with the bulge.
In a country seemingly devoid of Rubenesque curves, a country in which tofu makes regular appearances on menus and bean paste serves as a common substitute for chocolates in desserts , a country with the best longevity rates in the world, this may seem a strange preoccupation. But the two-hour lines at Tokyo’s Krispy Kreme doughnut shops and the rising rates of diabetes tell of a country in transition.
Indeed, rice and fresh fruit consumption in Japan has fallen by about half since 1970, while beef consumption is up more than 40 percent and coffee drinking has tripled. The crepe shops that have sprouted up on street corners throughout Tokyo demonstrate the growing appetite for sweets. Notably, the number of diabetics in Japan has doubled in the past 15 years, and the government estimates that a further 10 million people have the warning signs for the disease. This is particularly troubling in a rapidly aging country like Japan, adding to the strain on Japan’s national health insurance program.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released an alarming study two years ago that found that half of all men between the ages of 40 and 74 and 1 in 5 women in the same age group showed signs of "metabolic syndrome"—a cluster of risk factors for heart attacks and cardiovascular disease that includes high cholesterol, high blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, and abdominal obesity.
The report shocked the nation and prompted the government to pass legislation to force the Japanese to shape up. The laws to address what the Japanese have come to call "metabo" take effect this year. They’ve given the government and employers, long dominant forces in Japanese workers’ lives, places at the dinner table in ordinary Japanese homes. They’ve also sparked a flurry of products to help Japanese keep trim or shed extra pounds.
One regulation, effective in April, requires all citizens over the age of 40 to have their waists measured every year. If a man’s waist is more than 33. 5 inches or a woman’s more than 35. 5 inches, they are considered at risk and referred for counseling and close monitoring. The government is also requiring companies to slim down their workers or face higher payments into the national insurance program.
Companies across the country have responded with a variety of initiatives. Sunstar has its boot camp, which includes lectures on diet, exercise, and even Zen meditation. Family members of employees over 40 whose love handles won’t budge will also be asked to attend the camp. The company also offers overweight workers free delivery of healthful, traditionally Japanese food like soybeans and brown rice.
The passage suggests that if the companies don’t slim down the employees,
选项
A、they will get disease.
B、they will pay more for the insurance program.
C、they will broke the law.
D、their waistline will get bigger.
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。根据题干关键词slim down定位在第六段最后一句。如果公司不限制员工的腰围,那么公司就要为员工支付更高的社会保险费,所以[B]为正确选项。
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