I have an idea， which might help tackle the problem of childhood 1）obesity. I believe it’s quite 2）na？ve to think that we can change what families eat， so we need to 3）target how they eat. And to make my point I’ll start with a very 4）controversial statement. Eating a hamburger and chips slowly and chewing each mouthful fully before swallowing might be better for children than 5）guzzling down an apple. My thinking 6）stems from watching adults eating in restaurants. The 7）overweight ones never put their 8）cutlery down between bites， and barely seem to chew before swallowing. But they’re adults with a long history of eating too fast. So how do we target children？ I think the government’s plans to 9）surmount childhood obesity are far too late in 10）secondary school children. We need to begin soon after babies start on solids. So I’d target 11）pregnant mums and then the nursery school teachers that have their children later. I’d train the mums to feed their babies very slowly and to give the baby always time to chew， and， in 12）nursery schools， I’d train the teachers to have young children put down their cutlery after each mouthful and chew 20 times before swallowing.


　　我有一个想法，也许能够有助于解决儿童肥胖的问题。如果我们认为可以改变家庭的饮食习惯，就太天真了，所以我们需要把目标放在人们如何进食上。为了说明我的观点，我要以一个饱受争议的话题作为开头。对于孩子们来说，缓慢地吃汉堡和薯条，每一口在吞下去前都充分咀嚼比狼吞虎咽地吃下一个苹果要好得多。我的想法来自在餐馆观察成年人吃饭。那些超重的人在用餐期间从不放下餐具，而且也很少会咀嚼一番后才吞下去。但是他们快速进食已经有很长一段历史了。那么我们如何把目标锁定在孩子们上？我认为政府想要从中学生开始杜绝肥胖症为时已晚，我们需要在宝宝们吃固体食物的时候就开始阻止这种情况。因此，我把目标定在怀孕的妈妈们以及日后照顾她们孩子的幼儿园老师上。我会训练妈妈们缓慢地喂食自己的宝宝，让宝宝能够有时间去咀嚼。在幼儿园，我会训练老师们让孩子们每吃一口就放下餐具，把食物吞下去前咀嚼20次。