We’vereachedastrange－somewouldsayunusual－point.WhilefightingworldhungercontinuestobethematterofvitalimportanceaccordingtoarecentreportfromtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)，morepeoplenowdiefrombeingoverweight，orsay，frombeingextremelyfat，thanfrombeingunderweight.It’sthegoodlifethat’smorelikelytokillusthesedays.
Worse，nearlyl8millionchildrenundertheageoffivearoundtheworldareestimatedtobeoverweight.What’sgoingon?
Wereallydon’thavemanyexcusesforourweightproblems.Thedangersoftheproblemhavebeendrilledintousbypublichealthcampaignssince2001andthemessageisgettingthrough—uptoapoint.
Inthe1970s，Finland，forexample，hadthehighestrateofheartdiseaseintheworldandbeingoverweightwasitsmaincause.Notanymore.Apublichealthcampaignhasgreatlyreducedthenumberofheartdiseasedeathsby80percentoverthepastthreedecades.
MaybethatexplainswhythepercentageofpeopleinFinlandtakingdietpillsdoubledbetween2001and2005，anddoctorsevenoffersurgeryofremovingfatinsideandchangetheshapeofthebody.Thathasbecomeasortoffashion.Nowonderitranksastheworld’smostbodyconsciouscountry.
Weknowwhatweshouldbedoingtoloseweight—butactuallydoingitisanothermatter.Byfarthemostpopularexcuseisnottakingenoughexercise.Morethanhalfofusadmitwelackwillpower.
Othersblamegoodfood.Theysay：it’sjusttooinvitinganditmakesthemovereat.StillotherslaytheblameontheAmericans，complainingthatpoundshavepiledonthankstoeatingtoomuchAmericanstylefastfood.
Somealsoblametheirparents－theirgenes.Butunfortunately，theparentsarewrongedbecausethey’renormalinshape，orratherslim.
It’sasimilarstoryaroundtheworld，althoughpeoplearerelativelyunlikelytohavetriedtoloseweight.Parentsareeagertoseetheirkidsshapeup.DoasIsay－notasIdo.
小题1:Whatisthe“strange”pointmentionedinthefirstsentence?