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Mildly Obese Is The New Black?
轻度肥胖是新潮流？
A study from US epidemiologist Katherine Flegal finds being overweight might actually protect your body against death.
美国流行病专家凯瑟琳发现，过度肥胖可能会降低人们死亡的概率c=|!hq@7zoOx[ug。
The publication Quartz reports, “Flegal found the lowest mortality rates among people in the overweight to mildly obese categories.”
《Quartz》报道称“凯瑟琳发现处于过度肥胖与轻度肥胖之间的一类人是死亡率最低的Iw5|SMfnQ.j。”

Flegal and other researchers have been hard at work confirming the validity of this “obesity paradox."
Flegal和其他研究人员一直在努力证实这个“肥胖反论”的正确性tM*KOhrgGy1tEGE。”
Her study finds being overweight helps protect patients with an increasingly long list of medical problems,
研究发现过度肥胖有助于降低
including pneumonia, burns, stroke, cancer, hypertension, and heart disease.
肺炎、烧伤、中风、癌症、高血压以及心脏病病人死亡的概率1X=zn-tBr+R5Orb@DNU。

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词语解释

1.new black 流行；趋势

例句：Green is the new black.

绿色是新的流行色!79lRGg@rO[L。

2.protect against 使...免受；抵御

例句：The UK Health Protection Agency says the best way to protect against rotavirus infection is good hygiene.

英国卫生保护局说保护抗轮状病毒感染最好的方法是良好的卫生lkxc73,.=-H。

3.mortality rates 死亡率

例句：Mortality rates actually increased with age in the same birth cohort.

在相同的血统组中，死亡率实际上随年龄的增加而增加R+HzphCKZ=sf]uY。

4.the validity of ...的正确性；...的有效性

例句：He then volunteered to demonstrate the validity of his opinion.

接着他又主动要求证明这一看法的正确性iQfZ8~%Ft3O!)KWFs-%。