Anewcomputertreatmentisbeingusedtodealwithobesity(肥胖)in...

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A new computer treatment is being used to deal with obesity (肥胖) in children.

Connected to a small dining set, consisting of scales and a plate, a mini computer teaches children how to eat and reminds them when to stop.

“In very fat people, hunger signals from the stomach to the brain stop functioning. But the new computer system teaches the children how to receive these messages again,” says Dr. Julian HamiltonShield, the Bristol University senior lecturer leading the treatment trials.

The computer, called a Mandometer, records and stores the weight loss from the plate when children eat. As the food is leaving the plate, a curve (曲线) is produced on the computer screen suggesting whether the child is eating too quickly.

“Children with weight problems often eat too quickly. We want them to eat steadily and slowly and the system teaches them to slow down. It’s a bit like retraining,” says HamiltonShield.

Obesity now represents one of the major threats to the future health of children. About one in five boys and one in four girls aged two to fifteen in England are overweight. But so far no treatments have proven effective in treating children.

The Mandometer was developed in Sweden, but at present is experiencing further development at the University of Bristol, with ＄224,400 in funds from BUPA—a global health and care organization. The system could be on the market in two years’ time. At first, it would be managed by medical clinics.

text is mainly written to explain .

Ahow a new computer treatment dealing with obesity works

Bwhy child obesity becomes a topic of people

Chow to lose weight with the help of computers

Dwhy a computer is effective in dealing with child obesity

word “functioning” in paragraph 3 probably means .

Aeating      Bworking                    Clasting                     Dlosing

ity threats the health of children, which .

Apeople have not cared about                 Bis nothing compared with other diseases

Chas led to many deaths                            Dis very serious

can we learn from the text?

AThe Mandometer will be put into market once it proves effective.

BThe Mandometer is cheap enough for every family to afford.

CThe Mandometer is still not perfect.

DSlow eating is sure to make people lose weight.

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