The question is whether obesity might change that .

问题是肥胖是否会改变这种趋势。

Americans are experiencing an epidemic of overweight and obesity .

美国人正处于超重和肥胖症的流行阶段。

This was itself a sign of a different trend : the obesity epidemic now affecting china .

这本身就是一个不同流行的迹象：肥胖病正席卷着中国。

Obesity is a simple example of this .

肥胖就是一个典型的例子。

So are the disastrous effects of obesity .

肥胖带来的灾难性后果也是如此。