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Anorexia (厌食) and bulimia (食欲过度) are the names that come to mind when we think of eating
disorders (失调). But there is another eating disorder more common than anorexia and bulimia, and some
experts say it's becoming a major health problem in America.
"As soon as I came home, I'd throw down my backpack, open the refrigerator and start eating.
Sandwiches, cookies, candy bars -I'd just eat until I went to bed," says Matt Wymer, 18.
Matt was a binge (无节制的) eater. According to a new study from Harvard Medical School, 3.5
percent of women and 2 percent of men suffer from this eating disorder.
"You know we start at a very young age. You fall and someone says, 'Oh, here, we'll go get some ice
cream, and that'll make it feel better. ' Or when you go to the doctor, you get a candy; something bad
happens, 'Oh, here's something that's comforting,'" says Marilyn Tanner, a doctor.
Matt looked for comfort because he was always teased (嘲笑) about his weight.
"There were days when I came and picked him up from school and he got in the car and he started crying
before I asked him anything," says Cathy Wymer, Matt's mother."I probably gave him whatever he wanted
to try to make him happy, but it was the wrong way of doing it." says Matt's father.
"I just felt better after I ate a lot," says Matt.
Experts say the first line of treatment for binge eaters is to help them find other ways, besides food,
ot feel better."There are about five basic ways. You write, you talk, you cry, you exercise, you laugh.
Laughing also reduces the stress that lots of times people are feeling," says Genie Burnett, Matt's doctor.
With the help of his doctor, Matt started a diet and did much sport. He's lost more than 150 pounds,
he's healthier and he says he's more confident.
1. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Matt's interesting life.
B. Matt's parents' worries.
C. Eating disorders.
D. Binge eating.
2. From the second paragraph know that Matt ______.
A. is very busy at home every day
B. goes to bed very late at night
C. suffers from an eating disorder
D. is not good at his lessons.
3. According to Marilyn Tanner, it is true that ______ .
A. eating disorder begin at an early age
B. ice cream is popular with most children
C. young children fall and hurt their knees easily
D. crying is a good treatment for binge eaters
4. Matt has become more confident by ______.
A. talking
B. laughing
C. exercising
D. writing
