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More than 3% of Shanghai kids are too fat

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Chinanews, Shanghai, October 10 – Shanghai has conducted a physical check for local kids aged¹ under 6, finding that 3.6% o them are too fat, while the proportion in 1986 was only 0.42%. Quite a large number of them have hypertension.

“It is very likely for an obese² kid to remain fat when he/she grows up, and it will lead to various fatal diseases like diabetes³, hypertension, cancer and gout,” said Ji Chengye, the director of the Institute of Adolescent Health.

“Today many young people and even kids are afflicted⁴ with cardiovascular disease, especially those who are too fat,” said a doctor.

15% of parents and 20% of grandparents think that fat children are cute. However, their wrong concept that has caused a series of health problems to their kids.

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1 aged
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。 He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 obese
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。

3 diabetes
n.糖尿病
参考例句：
In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。 Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

4 afflicted
使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。 A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。

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