《考研英语阅读理解基础进阶88篇》【第一阶段】【第11周】.PDFVIP

新东方《考研英语阅读理解基础进阶 88 篇》 《考研英语阅读理解基础进阶88 篇》【第一阶段】【第 11 周】 Now that the battle against the obesity in the U.S. has reached the grade school level, plenty of efforts have begun to fight childhood obesity and its dangers. They range from educational efforts, such as First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, to new children surgical programs nationwide. Now two researchers float a legal approach: make severe obesity a crime. Lindsey Murtagh of the Harvard School of Public Health and David S. Ludwig of the Children’s Hospital in Boston present their case in the July 13 issue of JAMA , The Journal of the American Medical Association . They point out that kids with a body-mass index in the 99th percentile face serious health threats: Obesity of this magnitude can cause immediate and potentially irreversible consequences, most notably type 2 diabetes. In addition to hyperglycemia, youth with type 2 diabetes typically have severe insulin resistance, low diet quality, sedentary lifestyle, and poor adherence to medical treatment. Although the authors also point out the existence of other factors causing obesity, such as the marketing of unhealthy foods, the primary responsibility falls on the parents. And as such, existing laws could be applied: Federal law... defines child abuse and neglect as “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm... or an act or failure to act which presents an upcoming risk of serious harm.” The seriousness of neglect is judged according to the magnitude or risk of harm and by its chronicity. Improper feeding practices, causing undernourishment and failure to thrive, have long been addressed through the