By RONI CARYN RABIN

Published: February 10, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/11fat.html?ref=us

Question:

1. Do people in the United states get any problems about obesity?

2. Do you think people who are overweight will die early?

3. Will the among of child obesity increase in the future?

Vocabulary:

obesity -  very fat or overweight; corpulent.

high blood pressure - elevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it; hypertension. Abbreviation:

diabetes  -  any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production