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The Disturbing State of American’s Health If Americans have been slow to realize the disturbing state of our collective heal
The Disturbing State of American’s Health If Americans have been slow to realize the disturbing state of our collective heal
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2013-06-05
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The Disturbing State of American’s Health
If Americans have been slow to realize the disturbing state of our collective health, we have—as individuals and as a nation—at last begun to wake up. Take our long and almost always unhappy battle with weight. In recent years, the scale has been telling not just a distressing tale, but also a truly shocking one. Between 1980 and 2004, the prevalence of obesity in the US doubled among adults, surging to 72 million, or one-third of people ages 20 and older. Worse, the percentage of overweight or obese kids rose to 17%. If all those numbers could be cut by even a third, the ripple effect would in turn slash rates of hypertension (高血压), heart disease, diabetes, cancer, joint damage and more, not to mention the myriad costs associated with fighting these illnesses.
And indeed, there may be flickers (M8R) of hope. From 2005 to 2006, the percentage of women and children who are overweight appeared to stabilize, while the rate for men increased only slightly. "That’s good, but it’s not as if it’s flattening at a good level," notes Cynthia Ogden, an epidemiologist at the National Center for Health statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, the improvement is no accident, and for women and particularly children, it can be traced to aggressive nutrition and exercise messages promoted in schools, hospitals, community groups and churches—precisely the kind of low cost, high-impact measures health experts love.
Similar preventive methods may help cap soaring cholesterol levels. Since the late 1960s,the average serum cholesterol level of adults has continued to drop, from a high of 220 mg/dL down to 199 mg/dL in 2006. That cut the percentage of Americans with high cholesterol (胆固醇) to 17% , precisely the goal set by the Healthy People 2010 targets—and it was reached four years ahead of schedule. Routine blood tests for low-and high-density lipoproteins (脂肪蛋白) , or bad and good cholesterol—as well as the use of cholesterol—lowering medications when needed—have played a major role in powering those improvements.
The same principles of education, prevention and early treatment can apply to mental health as well.One in 20 Americans over age 12 reported feeling depressed in 2006, with non-Hispanic blacks making up the largest percentage. Although 80% of Americans admitted that their symptoms interfered with their ability to work, only 29% had contacted a mental health professional. Recent improvements in screening at primary-care facilities, one of the goals set by Healthy People 2010, may help address this problem: while 62% of primary care facilities provided treatment for mental disorders in 2000. 74% do so now.
What can be inferred from Para.2?
选项
A、The American health situation is worsened recently.
B、Schools, churches have done a lot to help improve the health situation.
C、It is expensive to do health education for hospitals.
D、The percentages of overweight men, women and children were down from 2005 to 2006.
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。第二段第四句表示在健康状况方面的确有些改善。故B正确。第二段第一句表示现实中还是出现了一线希望,故排除A;第二段最后一句指出医院,学校和教会提供大量的健康教育是低成本高收效的方法,故排除C;第二段第二句指出妇女和儿童的肥胖率趋于稳定,没有增加,而男性的肥胖率有轻微增加,故排除D。
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