Dissertativa 6 - Português e Inglês - IME 2005

Traduzir para o português.

The Obesity Epidemic (Revista Science, Vol 304, 4 June, 2004, pg 1413)

There is a growing public health crisis that is global in scope, and it isn’t another emerging infectious disease. It concerns being overweight and the adverse health consequences of obesity, which include diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. To sketch the extent of this problem, we begin with the United States, an appropriate starting point because U.S. dietary styles and food habits have been exported so widely around the world.
Fortunately, there were, and still are, alternatives; reasonable exercise and thoughtful choices among a balanced variety of foods help. Perhaps the most provocative news from the laboratory is that calorie restriction in some organisms promotes longevity, even if started late in life.