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At the start of nearly every doctor's visit,
chances are that you will be asked to get your weight measured for that day's
exam record - and you would be hard-pressed to find a person whose physician
has not brought up his or her weight at some point, and doctors'
recommendations to drop pounds are still extremely common. But many
conversations around weight have become a barrier, not a help, in the campaign
to make people healthier.
Higher body masses are associated with increased
risk for hypertension, diabetes and coronary disease. Many studies have shown
that heavier people are at higher risk for these illnesses. But the big picture
is not the whole picture. Researchers have identified a smaller group of
overweight people considered to be ''metabolically (新陈代谢地) healthy'' - meaning they do not exhibit high blood pressure or
other diseases.
Research over the past two decades has shown
that health professionals have negative attitudes toward fat people. Some
refuse to see these patients at all, as the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported
in 2011. Such practices keep people from regular annual exams and prevent the
finding of serious underlying conditions. Not only that but doctors' appointments
with fat patients are shorter on average, and they routinely use negative words
in their medical histories of such people. And research suggests that the
stress of being a heavy person may cause metabolic changes that may lead to
more poor health outcomes.
To achieve better health outcomes, doctors
should focus on behaviors that have proven positive outcomes for health instead
of the weight-centric health care practice. And people of all sizes are
entitled to evidence-based factors that empower them and keep them healthy.
Lifestyle changes, such as eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains, along
with increased physical activity, can improve blood pressure, levels and
sensitivity - often independently of changes in body weight.
(1)
What will you be asked
to do when visiting a doctor for the first time? (不多于4个单词)
(2)
Why does the stress of
being a heavy person may lead to more poor health outcomes? (不多于6个单词)
(3)
What are doctors
expected to do to achieve better health outcomes? (不多于10个单词)
(4)
What is the passage
mainly about? (不多于4个单词)
答案: Get the weight measured.
Because it may cause metabolic changes
Focus on behaviors that have proven positive outcomes for health.
Weight is not enough. / Weight doesn't count only.