2007年VOA标准英语-Obesity Surgery Found to Decrease Risk of Death
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（八月）
Washington
30 August 2007
Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and a new study says the rates of obesity 1 continue to rise in the United States. Obesity is also on the rise throughout much of the world. While gastric 2 bypass surgery -- or stomach stapling 3 -- may not be for everyone, new research shows it can improve the health of many obese 4 people. VOA's Carol Pearson has more.
Severe obesity increases the risk for heart disease and diabetes 5 as well as other diseases. Now, two new studies find that stomach bypass surgery can reverse many obesity-related health problems and even add years to people's lives. The surgery involves making the stomach about the size of an egg and creating a short cut with the intestine 6 so the body uses less food.
Dr. David Flum from the University of Washington has researched the risks of this surgery. He says, "The operation provides patients with the opportunity to lose tremendous amounts of weight in a very short period of time." Dr. Flum concluded that the surgery was riskier 7 than having open-heart surgery for elderly and very ill patients.
But two new studies find that those who had stomach bypass surgery reduced their risk of death over a seven-year period. For those who had the surgery, researchers found: death from heart disease decreased by about 50 percent; death from diabetes declined by 92 percent; and even cancer deaths dropped by 60 percent compared to a control group that did not have the surgery.
Another recent study [June 2007] looked at teenagers who had obesity surgery. It found teens do very well with this surgery. Their complication rate is roughly half that for adults. Because the surgery is so successful in reducing diabetes, some doctors now recommend it as a treatment for the disease. Others are more cautious.
The surgery reduces stomach size, so people who have it eat less, but it also increases the risk for vitamin deficiencies. We still don't know the long-term effects of living this way for many decades.
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- 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导致肥胖。
- Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
- That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。
- I was quite taken with your line of photocopiers with collation and stapling capability. 我被贵公司能够自动整理和装订的系列复印机吸引住了。 来自辞典例句
- Bariatric surgery includes procedures such as gastric bypass, stomach stapling and banding. 手术治疗肥胖包括胃绕道、胃吻合和胃带等。 来自互联网
- The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
- Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。
- In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
- Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。