But Doctor Misra is hopeful that the spread of obesity can be slowed.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

The tobacco history is extremely interesting and relevant here The tobacco industry in countries like China saw the potential as well, and hence, smoking rates like rates of obesity have been skyrocketing in China and in countries such as Indonesia, Botswana, and Uruguay.

烟草的历史十分有趣,与我们这里讲的内容相关,像中国这样国家的烟草工业,也发现了这种潜在情况,因而,吸烟率就好像肥胖率那样,在中国,印度尼西亚,博茨瓦纳,乌拉圭这些国家中直线上升

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Tony Blair, in 2006, was addressing the issue of diet and obesity, and here's some of the things he said.

托尼·布莱尔,在2006年,就饮食和肥胖这个主题进行演讲,这里是他讲的一些内容

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Speaking via Skype, Lubetkin pointed to a clear link between the lack of exercise and the bad health consequences of obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Kelly Brownell is going to talk--is head of the Rudd Center, focuses on obesity, eating disorders, dieting, and he'll talk about the psychology of food.

凯莉·布洛耐尔,是路德研究中心的领导者,主要研究肥胖症,进食紊乱和节食方面的问题,他会为大家讲述饮食的心理学

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"The rate of obesity significantly increased, in fact it was almost double, it was about 89 percent."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

And there are three properties of this diet that help promote overeating and obesity in laboratory animals.

而这种导致实验室动物,过度进食和肥胖的饮食具备三种特征

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"They have the longest lifespan in the world, the lowest incidence of obesity, heart disease and diabetes."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

If you change the animal's environment and you give it access to these sort of foods, and these are the pictures that I showed in the first class, and you remember I asked you what constituents of this diet promoted obesity and you said it was fat, sugar, and variety that was correct.

如果你改变动物所在环境,再给它们这些食物,这些图片我们在第一课见到过,我问过这些食物中哪些成分使人发胖,你们说脂肪,糖和其他成分,没错

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

African-American women are another group with low life expectancy because of their high rates of obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Here in the U.S., the rate of obesity doubled over a span of 16 years.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Black women,in particular, had higher rates of obesity throughout the 16 years studied, and they paid the biggest price in terms of quality-adjusted years of life lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

She adds that, since a lifetime of obesity may put a child at greater risk for heart disease and other health problems, parents need to be concerned about their child's weight from the very start.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"Black women, who are more likely to be uninsured, are living in communities where there is limited access to the healthy foods and exercise and activity that is necessary from childhood on to reduce the likelihood of obesity and chronic illnesses."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Earlier studies by the 2 researchers described the effects of social networks on obesity and efforts to stop smoking.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

But a new study shows that India's leading causes of death now also include obesity-related diseases such as heart disease.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

To others,they are enemies of the public health in a time of what the World Health Organization calls a "global obesity epidemic."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

It says obesity is responsible for an increasing part of health care costs in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

He compared obesity rates and physical activity levels of women who had been in high school before and after Title Nine took effect.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Another American study says obesity has become as great a threat to quality of life as smoking.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

A new report says adult obesity rates rose last year in twenty-three of the fifty states.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

And a lack of physical activity among many Pacific islanders only adds to the obesity problem.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

Last month,the members of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity presented its action plan.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of thirty or more.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The new report says widespread obesity is increasing the rates of chronic, or long-lasting,disease.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

As a matter of fact, one of the major contributors to tuberculosis going up in several countries is because diabetes is going up -- and obesity.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The report also calls for creation of a national program to fight obesity.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity in the new study.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

"We work to promote breast feeding to prevent childhood obesity, which is where it all begins in terms of child health."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"So the combination of eating more calorie-dense food and having fewer opportunities for physical activity, that's what creates this obesity epidemic."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02