平均寿命世界上等但中国人能战胜肥胖吗_BEC初级作文

平均寿命世界上等但中国人能战胜肥胖吗

The ways in which obesity makes an individual more prone to cancer are far from well understood. Finding those ways may lead to more successful treatment of cancer, and it’s important and continuing work. But identifying what kind of policy might work to reduce obesity — regulations, taxes, subsidies for nonfattening foods, education about better diets and so on — is, or should be, the primary work of public-health officials, activists and forward-thinking politicians.

肥胖为什么会让一个人更容易患上癌症，这种机制我们还远没能充分理解。研究这些机制，可能会带来更好的癌症疗法，这个工作很重要，而且也在持续进行中。但是，弄清楚什么样的政策可以减少肥胖——法规、税收、为健康食品提供补贴、增进人们对饮食的了解等等——是（或者说应该是）公共健康官员、活动人士和具有前瞻性思维的政治人士的首要工作。

With a staggering 70 percent of our adult population overweight or obese, the United States was until recently the world’s leader in this unenviable race. Recently, Mexico (71.3 percent), took our place. (In China, the combined obesity-overweight rate is hovering at under 30 percent, still frightening.) Yet Mexico, which many Americans and Europeans haughtily consider primitive, was the first major nation in the world to institute significant soda and junk food taxes. That law went into effect early this year, and the results are already positive: Sales of soda are slipping.