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Right, now there are now more obese or overweight children in the world than underweight ones.
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Right, now there are now more obese or overweight children in the world than underweight ones.
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That's according to a report out today from the UN's children's agency UNICEF.
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It says one in ten children globally are now living with obesity.
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Low and middle income countries are experiencing the steepest rise in overweight school children and adolescents.
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South Africa is one of the countries listed as having the biggest problems with childhood obesity,
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with 25% of under fives overweight or obese.
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Our Africa correspondent Mayoni Jones went to meet some of those trying to turn the tide by improving child nutrition.
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Teaching kids about health, one plate at a time.
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The school in Johannesburg has banned sweets and processed food from its campus.
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All the meals it serves are vegetarian,
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with the occasional fish dish.
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So today on the menu it's kitchari,
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which is a mix of dal and rice with tomato chutney, halloumi and salad.
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The parents of the students here have been asked only to bring fruit,
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vegetables and homemade food for their kids to eat.
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Yeah, this is delicious.
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That's great.
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The school management says that despite some initial resistance,
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their food policy has led to helpful conversations around healthy eating.
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If all schools were to emulate our intention of being thoughtful
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and conscious of health and what children are putting into their bodies
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and what food is being sold to children like chocolates and sweets and sugary fizzy drinks,
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the health to the children would be served and the conversations
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that would emerge from the food policy would enormously benefit the children's health.
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According to the UN, rates of overweight and obese teenagers around the world have nearly tripled in the last two decades,
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and younger kids are not spared.
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The number of overweight children aged five to nine has gone from 69 to 147 million.
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This growth has been blamed on the spread of convenience food, including ultra-processed goods.
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Poor and middle-income countries have seen the biggest surge in overweight and obese children.
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But there are some differences.
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Where in poorer countries, these kids come from wealthier families who can pay for high-calorie foods.
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In middle-income economies like here in South Africa,
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more people can afford to go to fast-food restaurants.
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And there's been an explosion of them.
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For Fanta, it says 44.
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While studying food science, Sipo Setu noticed the healthy options were too expensive.
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Yeah.
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And another thing is the issue of portion sizes.
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Even if you were to get those items,
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the cheaper items for students,
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you find that the portion sizes are too big and they are turning us into or making us into over-eat, basically.
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South Africa introduced high taxes on sugary drinks in 2018,
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but it hasn't stopped the growing obesity rate in children here.
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22% of kids under five are overweight or obese,
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up from 13% in 2016.
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The UN says countries need to improve access to local nutritious food for children and teenagers.
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In the meantime, it's left to individuals and institutions to try and improve the health of future generations.
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Manny Jones, BBC News, Johannesburg.
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根据联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）最新报告，全球肥胖和超重儿童的数量已经超过了体重不足的儿童。这项报告指出，每十个儿童中就有一个生活在肥胖的影子下，尤其是在低中收入国家，超重学龄儿童和青少年的数量正在迅速上升。南非被认为是儿童肥胖问题最严重的国家之一，25%的五岁以下儿童超重或肥胖。为了应对这一问题，一些学校正在采取措施来改善儿童的营养，并在课堂上教授健康饮食的重要性。
日常交流中的五个常用短语
- 孩子们的饮食政策：学校管理层强调健康饮食的一致性。
- 父母的角色：家长们被要求只带水果、蔬菜和自制食品给孩子。
- 提高意识：学校希望通过良好的饮食政策促进健康饮食的对话。
- 肥胖率上升：全球青少年肥胖率在过去二十年间几乎增长了三倍。
- 食品选择的重要性：我们需要关注孩子们吃什么以及食品的来源。
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- 逐句跟读：使用“shadow speak”技巧，慢慢模仿视频中讲者的语调和语速。可以尝试暂停视频，一句一句模仿。
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- 重复训练：定期重播视频，直到你可以流利地复述内容，增强你的口语表达能力和自信心。
借助“shadowspeaks”技术，练习这些短语和句子，不仅可以提升你的听力理解，更能有效改善口语流利度。试着在家中模拟与家人或朋友的对话，使用你从视频中学到的内容来丰富你的英语口语练习。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。