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  3. Children are getting so fat that they may be the first【B1】______ to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today

Children are getting so fat that they may be the first【B1】______ to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today

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问题     Children are getting so fat that they may be the first【B1】______ to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already falling【B2】______ to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles【B3】______ by televisions and computers could mean kids will die【B4】______ young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
    One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. Many nations now【B5】______ more than 20 per cent of their population as【B6】______ obese and well over half the populations overweight. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge【B7】______ shift because adults are getting so fat.
    Professor Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by easily available high-energy foods combined with a【B8】______ drop in the energy we use as a result  of technology developments. He is not alone in his concern.【B9】______ .
    Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease as well as a diabetes .【B10】______ . So will parents outlive their children?  Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese.【B11】______ .  
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答案An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
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