首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
医学
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s y
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s y
admin
2013-12-06
51
问题
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42~44in by 2032. This compares with only 32.6 in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22 inches in 1920 to 24 inches in the Fifties and 30 inches now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese—double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic—an extensive epidemic—which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australia, Central America and the Middle East. Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease. An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof Prentice said: "So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?" The answer is yes — and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that doughnut and burger.
Obesity increases the risk factor of______.
选项
A、diabetes, short sight, cancer, strokes
B、diabetes, cancer, strokes, psychosocial illness
C、cancer, strokes, fatty, heart disease
D、strokes, heart disease, diabetes, headache
答案
B
解析
文章开头就指出diabetes(糖尿病)是肥胖引起的病症,其后陆续提到cancer,strokesand heart disease,最后还有“…adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms ofboth their physical and psychosocial health.”即psychosocial illness也与肥胖有关,没有提到“近视”,而且obesity本身就是fatty,因此符合的只有B项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/QuU3777K
本试题收录于:
医学博士外语题库考研分类
0
医学博士外语
考研
相关试题推荐
女性,40岁。4年前呼吸道感染后出现咳嗽伴胸闷,此后反复发作,伴有喘息,多于呼吸道感染后出现,3天前再次发作。体检:呼吸30次/分,口唇微绀,两肺叩诊过清音,闻及哮鸣音,心率110次/分,律齐。最可能的诊断
分子结构中含有两个羧基的氨基酸是
Iamjustfedupwithhisexcusefornotgettinghisworkdone.
Expertscautionthatnomatterwhichmethodpatientschoose,theymayneedtoweareyeglassesagainoneday—atleastforreadin
ReadthefollowingarticleinChinese,andthenwriteasummaryof200wordsinEnglishontheANSWERSHEET.Makesurethatyou
A、Heshouldgotothelibrary.B、Heshouldturntohisprofessorforhelpduringofficehours.C、Heshouldsetofficehoursfor
ThenorthAmericanstatesagreedtosigntheagreementofeconomicalandmilitaryunioninOttawa.
Californiaisalandofvarietyandcontrast.Almosteverytypeofphysicallandfeature,sortofarcticicefieldsandtropical
A、Lawyers.B、Clerks.C、Farmers.D、Shopassistants.A从“Thoseleastatriskarelawyers,followedbyuniversityprofessorsanddoct
Althoughhehadlookedthroughallthereferencematerialonthesubject,hestillfoundithardtounderstandthispointandhe
随机试题
联系实际,谈谈5~6岁学前儿童心理发展的主要特征。
此患者休克达何种程度估计此患者失血量约占全身血容量的多少
60kg体重的正常成年人的血量为
药品不良反应报告和监测是指
用以作为衡量资金时间价值相对尺度的指标是()。
秦王赢政在执政之初即开始谋划翦灭六国的战争,他按照()的策略,用持续十六年之久的战争先后灭掉六国。
存货整合要在大批量运输带来的优惠的运输费率的同时增加了库存持有费用。
近年,我国取得了一批重大科技创新成果,实现部分领域由“跟随”到“领跑”的跨越。以下说法不正确的是()。
下面不能作为软件需求分析工具的是
A、Tocallherfatherincaseofanemergency.B、Tocallherfamilywhenshe’shomesick.C、Tokeepclosecontactwithherfriends
最新回复
(
0
)