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Obesity: the Scourge of the Western World Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed a

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问题                 Obesity: the Scourge of the Western World
    Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference—of 2, 000 specialists from more than 50 countries—1. 2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
    Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said: "Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany, 20 percent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one percent. " But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
    Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said: "We are living in the new age(but)with the metabolism of a stone-age man. " "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. "
    Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said: "80 percent of all diabetics are obese, also 50 percent of all patients with high blood pressure and 50 percent with adipose tissue complaints. " "10 percent more weight means 13 percent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one’s weight by 10 percent leads to 13 percent lower blood pressure. "
    Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body-mass index is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1. 70 meters. One should start earlier. "
    Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity(fat deposits)correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets. "
    The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than 15 percent of obese people.lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.
It seems that the______people are least affected by obesity among the developed countries and areas mentioned in the passage.
选项 A、European
B、German
C、American
D、Japanese
答案D
解析 题意：在发达圆家及文中所提的地区似乎……人受肥胖症的影响最小。根据文章第二段第二句“in Germany…but in Japan…”可知，德国有20％的人患肥胖症，而日本只有1％。所以B项错误。根据文章第三段最后一、二句“A pizza shop…been overrun by fast foodand Coca—Cola—ization．”可知，在美国到处都有披萨店，人们深受快餐食品和可口可乐化的侵害，所以C项错误。根据题目Obesity：the Scourge of the Western World可知欧洲患肥胖症的人也很多，所以A项错误。故本题选D。
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