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Obesity increases your risk for heart disease and stroke, diabetes, and even forms of cancer.
So it's probably a good idea to get in the habit of eating right and exercising while you're still young.
But teens get mixed messages about what's a healthy body weight.
They're bombarded with unrealistic images of ultra-skinny celebrities and models,while also seeing media coverage of obesity that includes photos of those who are exceptionally obese.
So a group of researchers in the U.K. wanted to know, do British teens have an accurate sense of where they fall along the weight scale?
They examined data from nearly 5,000 13- to 15-year-olds collected between 2005 and 2012 by what's called the Health Survey for England.
Of the group, nearly three-quarters were normal weight.
Twenty percent were overweight, with seven percent obese.
The survey included asked this question for that age group:
“Given your age and height, would you say that you are about the right weight, too heavy, or too light?”
Despite the thin-celebrity-saturated culture, 83 percent of normal weight adolescents thought they were, in fact, a healthy weight.
Not surprisingly, the data changed by gender, 11 percent of normal-weight girls thought they were too heavy, compared to just four percent of boys.
But the bad news: nearly forty percent of the overweight and obese teens did not self-identify as “too heavy.”
Overweight girls recognized the issue more than boys did—nearly half the boys did not think that they were too heavy.
The study is in the International Journal of Obesity.
The researchers say the data on overweight teens, particularly boys, “may have implications for the future health and well being of young people,”
and that overweight teens are substantially more likely to become overweight adults.
Recognizing that there's a lack of awareness among some teens could be a first step toward a healthier future.

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这项调查中会问及青少年们一个这样的问题：
“根据你的年龄和身高，你觉得自己是体重标准，超重还是太瘦呢？”
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而且这些超重的青少年很大可能在成年后依旧是超重(Z9nPMf8qu;oixFkrrB。
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重点讲解

1.in the habit of 有…的习惯，常常

例句:I had got in the habit of going around with bare feet.
我已经习惯光脚AbgY*u@gClkdlOZ.a8H。

2.body weight 体重

例句:The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3%cm4M7S&NPKnuv--。

3.media coverage 媒体报道

例句:She has appeared in television interviews and said she welcomes media coverage.
唐娜曾接受过电视采访，并对媒体报道表示欢迎Xcu8!,T^QmaS;3。

4.want to 想去；想要

例句:When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义QewiZh)%IsQ8%。