(舊)41. it is estimated that there are _____ people suffering from
obesity in the world.
a. 250,000,000 b. 1,200,000,000 c. 1,450,000,000d. 950,000,000
obesity: the scourge of the western world
1 obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge
of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th european conference on the
issue in vienna wednesday to saturday. according to statements before the
opening of the conference—of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries—1.2
billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
【答案】a
【解析】細節判斷題。在文章中找出現數字的地方,第一段最后一句說全世界有12億人體重超重,而2.5億人是肥胖,故患肥胖癥人數應是a。