第一段
Leading doctors today weigh in on the debate over the government's role in promoting public health by demanding that ministers impose "fat taxes" on unhealthy food and introduce cigarette-style warnings to children about the dangers of a poor diet.
单词&词组
weigh in 参加，加入（争论等）
impose v. 强加；征税
第二段
The demands follow comments last week by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, who insisted the government could not force people to make healthy choices and promised to free businesses from public health regulations.
第三段
But senior medical figures want to stop fast-food outlets opening near schools, restrict advertising of products high in fat, salt or sugar, and limit sponsorship of sports events by fast-food producers such as McDonald's.
单词&词组
figure n. 人物
outlet n. 经销店；廉价经销店
sponsorship n. 赞助者的地位；赞助行为，资助行为
第四段
They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said that the consumption of unhealthy food should be seen to be just as damaging as smoking or binge drinking.
单词&词组
halt v. 使停止；使中断；阻止
spiral v. 盘旋上升（或下降），（物价等）不断急剧地上升（或下降）
第五段
"Thirty years ago, it would have been inconceivable to have imagined a ban on smoking in the workplace or in pubs, and yet that is what we have now. Are we willing to be just as courageous in respect of obesity? I would suggest that we should be," said the leader of the UK's children's doctors.
单词&词组
inconceivable a. 不能想象的，不可思议的，难以置信的
in respect of 关于，涉及
第六段
Lansley has alarmed health campaigners by suggesting he wants industry rather than government to take the lead. He said that manufacturers of crisps and confectionery could play a central role in the Change4Life campaign, the centrepiece of government efforts to boost healthy eating and fitness. He has also criticised the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's high-profile attempt to improve school lunches in England as an example of how "lecturing" people was not the best way to change their behaviour.
单词&词组
alarm v. 警告
campaigner n. （尤指政治或社会变革的）运动领导者，运动参加者
take the lead 带头，为首
celebrity n. 名人，知名人士，名流
lecture v. 给……作演讲；教训（通常是长篇大论的）；（尤对大学生）讲课
第七段
Stephenson suggested potential restrictions could include banning TV advertisements for foods high in fat, salt or sugar before the 9pm watershed and limiting them on billboards or in cinemas. "If we were really bold, we might even begin to think of high-calorie fast food in the same way as cigarettes - by setting stringent limits on advertising, product placement and sponsorship of sports events," he said.
单词&词组
potential a. 潜在的，有可能的
billboard n. 广告牌；告示牌
bold a. 勇敢的，无畏的，莽撞的
product placement 产品置入；植入式广告
第八段
Such a move could affect firms such as McDonald's, which sponsors the youth coaching scheme run by the Football Association. Fast-food chains should also stop offering "inducements" such as toys, cute animals and mobile phone credit to lure young customers, Stephenson said.
单词&词组
scheme n. 计划
inducement n. 诱导，诱惑，诱因
lure v. 吸引，引诱
第九段
Professor Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said: "If children are taught about the impact that food has on their growth, and that some things can harm, at least information is available up front."
单词&词组
available a. 可获得的，可购得的
up front 预先；在最前面
第十段
He also urged councils to impose "fast-food-free zones" around schools and hospitals - areas within which takeaways cannot open.
单词&词组
urge v. 促进，推进，力劝
takeaway n. 外卖食品，外卖店
第十一段
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "We need to create a new vision for public health where all of society works together to get healthy and live longer. This includes creating a new 'responsibility deal' with business, built on social responsibility, not state regulation. Later this year, we will publish a white paper setting out exactly how we will achieve this."
单词&词组
vision n. 视力，视野
set out 陈述，列述
第十二段
The food industry will be alarmed that such senior doctors back such radical moves, especially the call to use some of the tough tactics that have been deployed against smoking over the last decade.
单词&词组
back v. 支持
radical a. 激进的，彻底的
deploy v. 展开，施展，部属
