美國女性視減肥爲頭等大事
American women are more concerned about losing weight than they are about suffering from cancer, heart disease or diabetes, a survey showed.
More than half of the 3,000 women questioned in the poll by Meredith Corporation and NBC Universal were worried about diet and weight, compared to 23 percent who were concerned about cancer and 20 percent who were anxious about their cardiovascular health.
The women were asked to identify the health issues they were concerned about from a list of 20 problems.
The survey showed many women thought they should be slimmer, with more than 80 percent saying they were overweight.
But just 43 percent said they were exercising at least three times a week, and 11 percent played team and individual sports. And less than two-thirds of all women said they get an annual physical.
"These findings should be a wake-up call to American women everywhere to make their yearly checkups without fail and make their own personal health a top priority," said Diane Salvatore, editor in chief of Ladies' Home Journal, which is published by Meredith Corp.
While the majority of women said they were overweight, 68 percent said they were satisfied with their "identity and development as an individual."
But 40 percent said it was wrong for a man to tell a woman she was overweight.
To improve their health, 26 percent of women said they took natural herbs and supplements, while 25 percent bought or adopted a pet, according to the survey.
Four percent visited a spiritual or religious leader and one percent went to a hypnotist.
一項調查顯示，與癌症、心臟病和糖尿病相比，美國女性更關心減肥問題。
這項由梅里迪斯集團和“NBC環球”聯合開展的調查共對三千名女性進行了訪問。調查結果顯示，一半以上的女性擔心自己的飲食和體重，而僅有23%和20%的人關心癌症問題和自己的心腦血管健康。
該調查要求受訪女性從所列的20個健康問題中選出她們關心的問題。
調查顯示，很多女性認爲自己不夠苗條，超過80%的女性認爲自己體重超標。
但僅有43%的女性每週至少鍛鍊三次，11%的女性參加集體或個人體育運動。不到三分之二的女性稱她們每年體檢一次。
梅里迪斯集團出版的雜誌《女士家庭》主編戴安•薩爾瓦多說：“這些調查結果應讓全美女性認識到，她們應該堅持每年做體檢，要把身體健康作爲頭等大事。”
儘管多數女性認爲自己體重超標，但68%的女性對“自己的現狀和發展”很滿意。
40%的女性認爲男士不應該說女士胖。
調查顯示，爲了改善健康，26%的受訪女性服用過天然草藥和補品，25%的女性購買或收養過寵物。
另有4%的女性拜訪過精神或宗教領袖，1%的人接受過催眠治療。
