美国消费者事务办公室主任莱斯利·伯恩16日说,肥胖已成为美国人的一大健康问题,美国人每年用在减肥方面的支出高达330亿美元,但许多人在减肥时并不懂是否对身体有益,政府在这方面管理也不善。伯恩是在华盛顿举行的由美国联邦贸易委员会和私人及政府卫生组织发起的一个关于肥胖和减肥会议上透露这一情况的。在会上,有官员介绍说,目前美国33%的人体重超过标准,比六十年代增加了8个百分点。美国现有4800万人实行某种方式的减肥,每年因肥胖而死亡的人达30万。然而,会上有人提出,某些减 Leslie Burne, director of the U.S. Consumer Affairs Office, said on the 16th that obesity has become a major health problem for Americans. Americans spend as much as 33 billion U.S. dollars each year on weight loss, but many people do not understand it when they lose weight Whether or not it is good for our health and the government’s management in this area is also not good. Burn revealed at the meeting on obesity and weight loss in Washington, DC, sponsored by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Private and Governmental Health Organizations. At the meeting, some officials said that at present 33% of the people in the United States exceeded their standards by weight, an increase of 8 percentage points over the 1960s. There are 48 million people in the United States practicing some kind of weight loss and 300,000 people die of obesity each year. However, some people suggested that certain reductions