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2017届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解（36） A Michelle Obama has just started a campaign against childhood obesity(肥胖)with the admission that she put her girls Malia and Sasha on a diet because they were getting fat．Clearly，childhood obesity must be solved and urgently．But is it a good idea for mothers to put their daughters on diets? Studies show山at the more children diet，the more likely they are to become obese asad ults．Research also shows that gifts are highly influenced by their mothers when it comes toeating habits and body image． This was the case for Carly，40，who blames her mother for her lifelong struggle with weight．“My mother was on a diet the whole time 1 was growing up，”she says．“And she putme on my first diet when 1 was 10．I lost puppy fat，gained her approval and never ate normally again， America’s First Lady clearly has a vital healthy eating message to．convey．But could this be damaging for Malia and Sasha?Could they develop eating disorders because of it? “It’s wrong just to blame mothers for their daughters’eating disorders，”says Susan Ringwood，chief executive of the eating disorders charity，Beat．“There is a genetic(基因的)component to eating disorders．"However，“We do know that parents have a very strong influ。ence over a child’s eating．It's important to realize that you are your daughter’s role model．Girls idolize the ir mothers．”says Ringwood． | 
