[双语新闻]肥胖率不断上升 比利时军队开始启动减肥计划
  Military Takes Aim at Obesity

摘要：     目前，比利时军队已开始启动了一项减肥瘦身计划，因为该国官兵的肥胖率已经达到了14％，超出全国平均水平，比利时全国的肥胖率为12％。     The Belgian military has launched a slimming campaign for its forces whose obesity rate has swollen to 14 percent.     目前，比利时军队已开始启动了一项减肥瘦身计划，因为该国官兵的肥胖率已经达到了14％，超出全国平均水平，比利时全国的肥胖率为12％。     据路透社1月25日报道，比利时军队希望通过加强运动和提高官兵对肥胖的警觉性来降低肥胖率。比利时国防大臣弗拉奥指出：“军队中14％的官兵已达到身体肥胖指数甚至高出很多。”国防部发言人哈维尔说，这显然对参与作战行动的士兵来说是不适宜的。     报道说，目前，比利时一些士兵正在阿富汗等国执行维和任务。       The Belgian military has launched a slimming campaign for its forces whose obesity rate has swollen to 14 percent.     Incentives to practice sport and an awareness campaign were among elements of the plan to trim an obesity rate above the overall national average of 12 percent.     "Fourteen percent of military personnel have a BMI (Body Mass Index) equal or superior to 30," Defense Minister Herve Flahaut said in a written reply to a parliamentary question.     "The obesity figure does not apply to soldiers involved in operational action," Defense Ministry spokesman Nick Van Haver said. Belgian troops have been on peacekeeping duties in countries including Afghanistan