ThespreadofWesterneatinghabitsaroundthewoodisbadforhumanhealthandtheenvironment.ThesefindingscomefromanewreportinthejournalNature.Therearewaystosolvethisdiet-health-environmentproblem.Buttheywillrequirea
ThespreadofWesterneatinghabitsaroundthewoodisbadforhumanhealthandtheenvironment.ThesefindingscomefromanewreportinthejournalNature.Therearewaystosolvethisdiet-health-environmentproblem.Buttheywillrequireachangeineatinghabits.Andwhatweeatcanbeaproductofculturepersonaltastepriceandease.
DavidTillmanaprofessorofecologyattheUniversityofMinnesotaAmericaexaminedinformationfrom100countriestoidentifywhatpeopleateandhowdietaffectedhealth.Henotedamovementbeginninginthe1960s.HefoundthatasnationsindustrializedpopulationincreasedandearningsrosemorepeoplebegantoadoptwhathasbeencalledtheWesterndiet.
TheWesterndietishighinsugarfatoilandmeat.Byeatingthesefoodspeoplebegantogetfatterandsicker.DavidTillmansaysoverweightpeopleareatgreaterriskfornon-infectiousdiseaseslikediabetesandheartdisease.
UnfortunatelywhenpeoplebecomeindustrializediftheyadoptthisWesterndiettheyaregoingtohavethesehealthproblemsespeciallyindevelopingcountriesinAsia.Chinaisanexamplewherethenumberofdiabetescaseshasbeenjumpingfromlessthanonepercentt010percentofthepopulationastheybegantoindustrializeovera20-yearperiod.AndthatishappeningallacrosstheworldinMexicoinNigeriaandsoon.
Andadietbadforhumanbeingsitseemsisalsobadfortheenvironment.Astheworld'spopulationgrowsmoreforestsandtropicalareaswillbecomefarmlandforcropsorgrasslandsforgrazingcattle.Theseareaswillbeneededtomeettheincreasingdemandforfood.Moregreenhousegasarelikelytobereleasedinthefuturefromagriculturebecauseofthisdietaryshiftthanallthegreenhousegasthatrightnowcomesoutofallthecarsandalloftheplanesboatsandshipsallformsoftransportation.Sothechangeindietislikelytobeworsefortheworldforclimatewarmingthanallthetransportationsources.
Mr.Tillmancallsthelinkbetweendiettheenvironmentandhumanhealth"atrilemma."Thisaplayontheword"adilemma":aproblemofferingadifficultchoice.HesaysonepossiblesolutionisleavingtheWesterndietbehind.
28.Whatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraph?
A.Thewesternsshouldchan