Global Oddities 3

环球趣闻 A new Rand Institute study suggests obese Americans spent more for their health care than smokers do. Obesity adds almost $400 a year and smoking just 230. 兰德机构一项新的调查表

CNN 2010-02-22

The first family launched a campaign against childhood obesity. Well, the president signing a memorandum on it. Michelle Obama says the surge in overweight kids has created a public health crisis. In fact, the percentage of obese children has more th

英语口语最炫潮流 03 减肥新时尚

01. That's it I have to take off some weight! 真的受够了，我必须要减肥了。 02. I'm supposed to go on a diet. 我要开始节食。 03. I tried losing weight, but nothing works. 我曾试过减肥，但没什么效果。 04. Girls are ne

美国中小学校将禁售碳酸饮料

ELIZABETH COHEN: This is part of an initiative between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association. They are trying to get as much sugar calories fat out of school lunch as possible to m

柑橘中的抗氧化剂可以治疗肥胖相关的疾病

Antioxidants in Citrus May Fight Obesity-Related Diseases 柑橘中的抗氧化剂可以治疗肥胖相关的疾病 Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons and grapefruit in a diet could reduce the chance of chronic diseases that are related to obesity, a

【轻松英文阅读】高脂牛奶

Do you drink low-fat milk to stay slim? You are not alone. Low-fat milk has outsold whole milk for years in the US. We have been told for years to avoid the calories in dairy fat for our waistlines and cholesterol. But recent research from Sweden sug

研究发现:素食者比肉食者活得更久!

Vegans have substantially lower death rates than meat-eaters, a major study has found. The study has been published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal and reignites debate around increasingly popular vegan diets amid conflicting medical advice and

SSS 2009-10-12

Youve no doubt heard of free radicals, those nasty chemicals that seem to contribute to heart disease, cancer and all sorts of human ailments. Maybe you even take antioxidant vitamins to help get rid of these unwanted toxins. Well, maybe you shouldnt

SSS 2011-07-12

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Obesity is associated with a host of health problems. But a new study finds that obese people may actually have an advantage in a specific medical situation: theyre less l

WHO: Epidemics of Underweight and Overweight Growing

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for action to fight all forms of malnutrition(营养不良), including under-nutrition and obesity, which affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. More than 60 world nutrition（营养） experts

研究发现胖子已比体重营养不良者多

Study: More Obese People Than Underweight 研究发现胖子已比体重营养不良者多 A new report says there are now more obese people in the world than there are underweight people. Researchers from Imperial College London wrote the report. Th

美国批准首个治疗肥胖设备

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it had approved the first device to treat obesity by targeting nerves between the brain and the stomach. The device, known as the Maestro Rechargeable System, is app

肥胖有损大脑,运动修复智力

Obesity may have harmful effects on the brain, and exercise may counteract many of those negative effects, according to sophisticated new neurological experiments with mice, even when the animals do not lose much weight. While it's impossible to know

肥胖世界地图 猜猜哪个国家胖子多

You might think the U.S. is the most obese nation in the world - but if you do, you are wrong. 如果你一直以为美国是世界上肥胖人口最多的国家，那你可就错了。 Soaring rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, nations in the

U.S. researchers find potential target for treating diabetes, obesity

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online on Thursday in the journal Cell Metab

女性“身兼数职”有利于身体健康

摘要：英国科学家日前表示，女性同时担当多种社会角色（同时为公司职员、妻子和母亲）可能有利于她们保持身体健康。而那些专职家庭主妇或单身母亲则更容易出现健康问题，同时也更容

新兴国家肥胖儿童激增 中国减肥机构遍地开花

As more and more children under the age of 5 are declared overweight and obese, institutions are popping up all over China with the goal of helping people to lose weight. 随着越来越多5岁以下儿童成为超重和肥胖儿童，减肥机构正在

睡眠不足10小时的儿童更易患肥胖症

Babies, toddlers and pre-school children who sleep for less than ten hours a night are more likely to be overweight when they are older, research has found. 研究发现，婴儿、幼儿和学前儿童每天睡眠不足10个小时，他们长大后更

日本推出微胖男士时尚杂志

While most lifestyle and fashion magazines are full of photos of slender male and female models photoshopped to perfection that create an unrealistic image of the human body, a fresh Japanese mens magazine is taking a different approach. Mr. Babe is

美国文化脱口秀 第482期:胖瘦不只fat和thin

人的身材不是非胖即瘦。对应的英语也不只有fat和thin那么简单。今天，Jenny, Connor就要教你更多形容身材的英语！ 关键词： Fat是个很激烈的词 当面千万不能说： You've gotten fat: 你胖了 背后最好