Our study provides an insight into why this might be happening–the same asthma "trigger" produces a greater effect in obese individuals.

我们的研究提供了一个这些之所以发生的窗口——哮喘就像一个触发器一样触发了肥胖者身上众多效应中的一个效应。

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The study also showed that simple spirometry was inadequate to determine the level of pulmonary dysfunction which was occurring in obese individuals.

这个研究也指出在肥胖个体中简单的肺量测定法是不充分证明肺功能失调的。

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Further, they are less likely to see their physicians regularly, which may be in part why cancer is generally diagnosed in obese individuals at later stages.

这也决定了他们不太可能经常拜访医生——一定程度上这也是为什么肥胖人员通常只有在患上癌症晚期才会被发现。

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The world was literally destroyed by a corporation called "buy in large" and the only people that were left in the world were these few incredibly obese individuals floating in space."

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In addition, obese individuals have health care costs 39 percent above average.

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However, more than half of those in the obese category were in class 1, and these individuals had no increased risk of dying compared to normal weight individuals.

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In fact, Kessler notes that 20% of healthy weight and 50% of obese individuals score high on behaviors like loss of control over eating, lack of feeling satisfied by eating food, and preoccupation with food.

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