Childrenaregettingsofatthattheymaybethefirstgenerationtodiebeforetheirparentsanexpertsays.Today'syoungpeoplewillbeaffectedbypotential(潜在的)killerssuchasheartdiseasebecauseoftheirweight.Fattyfast

　　Childrenaregettingsofatthattheymaybethefirstgenerationtodiebeforetheirparentsanexpertsays.

　　Today'syoungpeoplewillbeaffectedbypotential(潜在的)killerssuchasheartdiseasebecauseoftheirweight.Fattyfast－fooddietscombinedwiththelifestyleswithtelevisionsandcomputerscouldmeankidswilldieyoungsaysProfessorAndrewPrenticefromtheLondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine.Atthesametimetheshapeofthehumanbodyisgoingthroughagreatchangebecauseadultsaregettingsofat.

　　HereinBritainthelatestresearchshowsthattheaveragewaistsizeforamanis36～38inchesandmaybe42～44inchesby2032.Thiscompareswithonly32.6inchesin1972.Women'swaistshavegrownfromanaverageof22inchesinthe1920sto24inchesinthe1950sand30inchesnow.Oneofthemajorreasonswhychildrennowareatgreaterriskisthatwearegettingfatteryounger.IntheUKalonemorethanonemillionunder16yearsoldarethought

　　tobeoverweightorfat—doublethenumberinthe1980s.Oneintenoffour－year－oldsarealsomedicallysaidtobeobese.

　　TheobesitywhichstartedintheUShasnowspreadtoEuropeAustraliaCentralAmericaandtheMiddleEast.Manynationsnowrecordmorethan20percentoftheirpopulationasobeseandwelloverhalfofthepopulationasoverweight.

　　ProfessorPrenticesaysthechangeinourshapehasbeencausedbyhigh－energyfoodscombinedwithadramatic(急剧的)dropintheenergyweuseasaresultoftechnologydevelopments.

　　Heisnotaloneinhisconcern.Onlylastweekonemedicalmagazinerevealedhowobesitywasfuellingariseincancercases.Obesityalsoincreasestheriskfactorforheartdiseaseandsoon.Anaveragelyobeseperson'slifespan(寿命)isshortenedbyaroundnineyearswhileaseriouslyobesepersonbymuchmore.

　　ProfessorPrenticesays

　　“So_will_parents_live_longer_than_their_children_as_an_American_obesity_expert_said_recently？”

　　“Theanswerisyes—andno.”Yeswhenmostchildrenbecomeobese.NobecausethisisnowbecominganalarminglyseriousproblemintheUS.“Suchchildrenwillhaveagreatlyreducedqualityoflifeonbothbodyandmind.”

　　Sosay“No”tosandwichesandhamburgers.

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