Now eating can perhaps be a metaphor for sex, some have argued.

有人说，“吃“也许是对性的隐喻。

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Of such a person we might say, they're no longer capable of P-functioning.

有人也许会说，他们已经没有人格功能能力。

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People have referred to this as a J shaped curve with this little up tick in the left hand side and people--some people have sort of said, well maybe it's not so bad to be overweight because it's not so good to be underweight as well and that's a problem.

人们把这称为J形曲线,最左边有一个向上的弯钩,因此就有人说,也许超重也不一定就是一件坏事,因为体重过轻也不是什么好事,这是个问题

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