2014年職稱英語衛(wèi)生B閱讀理解原文

　　閱讀理解第二十六篇：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 Vienna1 Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference _ of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries 一 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 per cent of the people are already affected，but in Japan only one per cent. ” 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.2" “I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up3 on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. ”4

　　Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, “Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese，also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints. ” "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent 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 index5 is more than 40. That is equivalent to6 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 with7 the time which children spend in front of TV sets. ”

　　The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy8 for their population group.

　　譯文：肥胖癥――西方世界的災(zāi)禍

　　周三至周六，在維也納召開的有關(guān)肥胖癥問題的第11次歐洲會議上，代表們一致同意，肥胖癥 正在迅速成為西方世界的災(zāi)禍。共有來自50多個國家的2,000位老師參加了這一會議，會議于開始時宣布：全世界有12億人體重超重，而2. 5億人肥胖。

　　維也納總醫(yī)院的Bemhard Ludvik教授說：“肥胖癥是慢性病。德國20%的人已經(jīng)患有肥胖癥， 而日本卻只有1%。”但是他說，多虧了新的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)及藥物，肥胖癥患者有了希望。

　　薩爾茨堡的Friedrich Hopichler教授說：“我們正生活在新時代，可是卻是石器時代人類的新陳 代謝。”“我剛?cè)チ嗣绹?，情況的確很糟糕，每個角落都有比薩餅店開業(yè)。我們已經(jīng)深受快餐食品和 可口可樂化的侵害?！?/P>

　　許多老師強調(diào)，肥胖癥是潛在的殺手。Hopichler說:“80%的糖尿病患者肥胖，而篼血壓和脂肪 組織疾病患者伴有肥胖癥的都各為50%?！?“體重增加10%意味著患心臟病的危險增加13%。體重 減少10%可導(dǎo)致血壓降低13%。”

　　另一名老師Hermann Toplak說政府的健康部門應(yīng)該加大對預(yù)防項目的資助?！爱?dāng)體質(zhì)指數(shù)大 于40時，盡管是由健康保險支付手術(shù)費(諸如縮胃手術(shù))，但體質(zhì)指數(shù)大于40時相當(dāng)于一個身高 1. 70米的人體重達到116千克。應(yīng)該提早啟動預(yù)防工作?！?/P>

　　Ludvik說:預(yù)防應(yīng)從學(xué)校做起?！皟和逝职Y(脂肪堆積)與兒童用來看電視的時間有關(guān)?！?造成的結(jié)果只是在以后才顯現(xiàn)的，僅有15%的肥胖者活到了其所屬人群的平均預(yù)期壽命。

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