The worldwide cosplayt of obesity1 is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.
研究发现，肥胖问题导致的全球生活本钱大约与抽烟或者武装冲突差不多，比酗酒和气候变化都要高。The McKinsey Global Institute said it cosplayt 1.3tn, or 2.8% of annual economic activity - it cosplayt the UK 47bn.Some 2.1bn people - about 30% of the worlds population - were overweight or obese2, the researchers added.They said measures that relied less on individual responsibility should be used to tackle the problem.Lost outputThe report said there was a steep economic toll3, and the proportion could rise to almost half of the worlds population by 2030.The financial cosplayts of obesity are growing - for health care and more widely in the economy. By causing illness, obesity results in working days and output lost.The researchers argued that a range of ambitious policies needed to be considered and a systemic rather than piecemeal4 response was essential.A person is considered obese if they are very overweight with a high degree of body fat.The most common way to assess if a person is obese is to check their body mass index , which divides your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared.If your BMI is above 25 you are overweight. A BMI of 30-40 is considered obese, while above 40 is very obese. A BMI of less than 18.5 is underweight.
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1 obesity n.肥胖，肥大 参考例句： One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能致使肥胖。 Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易致使肥胖。
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