【轻松英文阅读】肥胖人群最多的国家
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：轻松英文阅读
英语课
Congratulations America! You are no longer the world’s most obese 1 country. But it may be a little too early to start celebrating . This does not mean Americans are getting thinner, just that another country has gotten fatter.
Mexico now has the highest percentage of obese people compared to any other major country in the world . At the same time , Mexico is still struggling with malnutrition 2 and hunger. Around 70 percent of Mexican adults are overweight . More strikingly, almost 33 percent of the population is obese. In comparison, 31.8 percent of American adults are considered to be obese. The new statistics come from a survey carried out by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization.
Some have criticized the report. They claim that the numbers are skewed, because the survey was carried out in the poorer Southern part of the country, where there are more problems with malnutrition and obesity 3.
Poor people are eating cheap food, which tends to be unhealthy and higher in calories. At the same time, Mexicans are now working in sedentary urban jobs . The combination is leading to a very serious epidemic 4.
1 obese
adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的
- 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。
2 malnutrition
n.营养不良
- 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。