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3、ght is actually ___2___. For example, heavier women are lesslikely to develop calcium deficiency than thin women. ___3___ among theelderly, being somewhat overweight is often an ___4___ of good health.Of even greater ___5___ is the fact that obesity turns out t
4、o be verydifficult to define. It is often defined ___6___ body mass index, or BMI.BMI ___7__ body mass divided by the square of height. An adult with a BMIof 18 to 25 is often considered to be normal weight. Between 25 and 30is overweight. And over 30 is consid
5、ered obese. Obesity, ___8___,can bedivided into moderately obese, severely obese, and very severely obese.While such numerical standards seem 9 , they are not. Obesity isprobably less a matter of weight than body fat. Some people with a highBMI are in fact extr
6、emely fit, 10 others with a low BMI may be in poor11 .For example, many collegiate and professional football players 12 asobese, though their percentage body fat is low. Conversely, someone with江西研视界教育咨询有限公司www.yanshijie.neta small frame may have high body fat
7、but a 13 BMI.Today we have a(an) _14 _ to label obesity as a disgrace.The overweightare sometimes_15_in the media with their faces covered. Stereotypes _16_with obesity include laziness, lack of will power,and lower prospects forsuccess.Teachers,employers,and h
8、ealth professionals have been shown toharbor biases against the obese. _17_very young children tend to look downon the overweight, and teasing about body build has long been
