globesity 全球肥胖

时间:2010-10-11 00:43:17

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平时每到吃饭的时候,身边就有人嚷着说“减肥,不吃饭”,不管那个人是真胖还是假装减肥。不过,有一个事实倒是千真万确,那就是全世界肥胖人口这几年都有所增加,而且据说在发展中国家尤为明显。这个问题也引起了世界卫生组织的关注,他们还专门为这个问题取了个名字,叫globesity。

From Samoa to Kuwait, from Jamaica to Britain, in Latin America and even in countries where people die of malnutrition2, the planet's citizens are gaining weight and slowing down.

从萨摩亚到科威特,从牙买加到英国,在拉丁美洲,甚至在很多人死于营养不良的一些国家,全世界人民的体重都在增加,而同时步履也在减慢。

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of obese3 adults worldwide has increased by 50 percent since 1995, to 300 million in 2000. One-third of these people are believed to live in the developing world. In 1996, WHO set up a global database on obesity1 and body mass index, the common measure of fatness. WHO calls obesity "one of today's most blatantly4 visible — yet most neglected — public health problems," and has dubbed5 the global epidemic6 "globesity."

根据世界卫生组织的数据显示,自1995年以来,全球成年人肥胖人数已增长了50%,截至2000年已达3亿。这其中有三分之一都生活在发展中国家。1996年,世界卫生组织建立了一个肥胖和身体质量指数数据库,身体质量指数是衡量肥胖的通行标准。世界卫生组织称肥胖是“如今最显而易见而又最被忽视的公共健康问题之一”,并且将这个全球性的病症称为“全球肥胖”(globesity,global和obesity的合成词形式)。


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1 obesity Dv1ya     
n.肥胖,肥大
参考例句:
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
2 malnutrition kAhxX     
n.营养不良
参考例句:
  • In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
  • It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。
3 obese uvIya     
adj.过度肥胖的,肥大的
参考例句:
  • The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了,不能算是健康。
  • Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。
4 blatantly rxkztU     
ad.公开地
参考例句:
  • Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored. 安全规章被公然置之不顾。
  • They walked grandly through the lobby, blatantly arm in arm, pretending they were not defeated. 他们大大方方地穿过门厅,故意炫耀地挎着胳膊,假装他们没有被打败。
5 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
参考例句:
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
参考例句:
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

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