2019年高考英语总复习：第二部分 第五章 阅读理解.ppt

（十六） 　　A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size.The findings are from an 8-year study of about 100,000 people.The people studied were between the ages of 16 and 24 when the research began. 　　The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5%of the measurement.In this measurement，weight is connected with height.For example，fat women in the study were about 160 centimetres tall and weighed about 90 kilograms.Fat men in the study were about 175 centimetres tall an