Chinese businesspeople in poor health

时间：2007-11-30 08:22:22

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Chinanews, Beijing, November 29 – According to the annual health report of Chinese businesspeople, nearly 50% of them are smitten1 with chronic2 diseases or another making their health conditions worse than the average level.

 

The report is based on the result of physical checks of 427 businesspeople from Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. 65% of businessmen are obese3; 61.7% of all of them have cervical degenerative diseases; 57% of all of them have blood fat disorder4; 48.8% of all of them have gastrointestinal problems; 33% of them have ECG abnormalities. Quite a large proportion of businesswomen suffer from thyroid diseases.

 

The incidence of the diseases mentioned above among businesspeople is more than 100% higher than the rate of ordinary people of the same age, which shows that their health is deteriorating5.

 

In another survey, 67% of businesspeople think that they have exchanged health for fortune, and 83% believe health is more important than fortune.

 
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1 smitten smitten     
猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
  • It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。
2 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的
参考例句：
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
3 obese uvIya     
adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的
参考例句：
  • 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。
4 disorder Et1x4     
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
参考例句：
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
5 deteriorating 78fb3515d7abc3a0539b443be0081fb1     
恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
  • I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

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