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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料男性过度肥胖人数剧增一托福阅读机经背景TheproportionofadultsinEnglandwhoareanunhealthysizehassoaredoverthepast15yearswithoneinfournowseriouslyoverweight.Therehavealwaysbeenmoreobesewomenthanmenbutthegapbetweenthegendershasnowbeencancelledout.Inaddition,thenumberofover
2、weightwomenhasfalleninrecentyearswhilethenumberofmorbidlyobesemenisrisingsharply.ThiscomesasanewreportbytheOfficeforNationalStatisticsuncoverswidediscrepanciesinmenandwomen'shealthandworkinglives.Healthexpertsbelievethenarrowingobesitygapshowshowschemestotackl
3、ethecountry'sweightproblemarehavinglesseffectonmen,withwomenmorelikelytogoondietsorjoinagym.Theywarnthatthecountry'sobesityepidemic,causedbyanincreaseinconsumptionofjunkfoodandadeclineinexerciselevels,willleadtoincreasedlevelsofheartdisease,diabetesandcancer.T
4、amFryoftheNationalObesityForumsaid:"Menarenotoriouslybadatlookingaftertheirhealthandwomenaremuchmoremotivated.”Thestatisticsshowthattheproportionofobesemenrosefrom13percentin1993to24percentin2006.Thenumberofmorbidlyobesemenhasrisenfrom0.2percentofthemalepopula
5、tionto1.5percentoverthesameperiod,while43percentarenowoverweight.Bycontrast,theproportionofobesewomenover16rosefrom16percentin2003to24percentin2004andfellbyafractionthefollowingyear.Thenumberofoverweightwomenhasfallenfrom34percentto32percentsince2004.TheONS'sa
6、nnualFocusonGenderreportalsoshowedthedeathratefromalcoholhasdoubledformento18.3per100,000overthepast15years,andrisenfrom5to8.8forwomen.Womencanexpecttoliveto70.3(andmento67.9)butwillspendtheirlastsixyearsinpoorhealth,itisclaimed.Thereportalsoshowsthatthepropor
7、tionofunmarriedmenandwomenlivingtogetherhasdoubledbetween1986and2006,with13percentofthoseaged16to59nowcohabiting.Sevenmillionpeoplealsolivealone,two-thirdsofthemwomen.Girlscontinuetooutperformboysatallages,fromnationaltestsforseven-year-oldstodegreelevel,butme
8、ncontinuetoearnmorethanwomen.Thegenderpaygap,nowatitsnarrowestvaluesincerecordsbegan,nowstandsat12.6percent.Thenumberofmenandwomeninemploymentisnowalmostequal,withmorethantwo-third
