Weight-losing cost Chinese 11 billion yuan

时间：2006-11-30 05:56:35

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Chinanews, Dalian, November 29 – Overweight problems has both affected1 the health of the Chinese, and caused great economic losses. In 2005 alone, the Chinese spent about 11 billion yuan for reducing their superfluous2 fat, and the amount of money involved is growing by 5% every year. It can be estimated that the weight-loss market will reach the 60-billion-yuan mark by 2010.

 

Currently, there are about 9 million Chinese suffering from obesity3. Many of the obese4 population are in the southwest, northeast and north parts of the country, especially in big cities. For example, nearly 30% of the Beijingers are overweighted.

 

What is worse is that more than 50% of youths in China are overweighted.

 
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1 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
2 superfluous EU6zf     
adj.过多的，过剩的，多余的
参考例句：
  • She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。
  • That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。
3 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。
4 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。

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