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China's waistline is expanding, according to a new government report. The document, released Wednesday by the National Health Commission, revealed that just over half of Chinese adults are overweight, raising concerns about health issues associated with obesity.

Body mass index, or BMI — a person's weight in kilograms divided by their squared height in meters — is the most common diagnostic criterion for measuring obesity.

According to the World Health Organization, a person with a BMI of over 25 is considered overweight, or obese if it’s over 30.

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1. waistline n. 腰圍

waist-腰 line-身體線條

· love handles (肚子上的)游泳圈

· pot belly 啤酒肚

2. reveal v. 透露，顯示

3. overweight adj. 超重的

4. raise concerns about 引發對……的擔憂

· They have raised concerns about the cost of the project.

他們對這個項目的成本表示擔憂。

5. be associated with 和……相關

6. obesity n. 肥胖癥

7. BMI(body mass index) 身體質量指數，體質指數

8. divide v. 除

· X divided Y X除以Y

9. diagnostic adj. 診斷的

· diagnose n. 診斷

10. criterion n. 評判標準(standard)

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