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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Spain sizes up women to fight anorexia 西班牙普查女性的身材以對抗厭食症
◎ 張其賢
Spain is to measure its women to establish their real sizes and shapes, as part of a campaign to stop advertising images of ultra-thin models blamed for eating disorders like anorexia.
西班牙將測量該國婦女，以確定她們的真實尺寸與身材，以此作為一項運動的一部份，以終止以超瘦模特兒的形象作廣告。這些形象被認為是造成厭食症等飲食失調症的原因。
Spain's government hopes to show most women do not fit the fashion industry's skinny ideal and to persuade leading retail brands to display bigger sizes in shop windows and magazines. "The ideal is impossible for most people to achieve and can end up hurting people's health," Health Minister Elena Salgado said.
西班牙政府希望顯示，大多數女性並不符合時尚業骨瘦如豺的理想身材，從而說服百貨業龍頭在櫥窗和雜誌中展示更大號的尺寸。「大多數人不可能達到那種理想身材，且最後可能導致民眾的健康受損，」衛生部長艾蓮娜．薩爾加多說。
More than one million Spaniards either suffer or are at high risk of developing so-called slimming disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, according to some estimates. The incidence of anorexia, where victims starve themselves, is estimated to be increasing by 15 percent a year in Spain.
根據一些估計，超過100萬西班牙人不是罹患厭食症和貪食症等所謂的苗條失調症，就是有很高的風險罹患此類病症。厭食症（患者讓自己挨餓）的發生率，在西班牙估計一年增加15％。
Salgado met recently Spainish fashion and retail industry bosses to form a working group on the sizing and advertising issue. Spanish girls and women in different age groups will be measured to find their average sizes, weight and height.
薩爾加多最近和西班牙的時尚與百貨業老闆會面，希望成立一個關於量身和廣告議題的工作小組。不同年齡層的西班牙女孩和婦女將接受測量，以找出她們的平均身材尺寸、體重和身高。
Rather than creating laws on displays and sizing, the government hopes to encourage self-regulation by the fashion industry, the ministry said.
與其制訂關於櫥窗展示和量身的法律，政府希望鼓勵時尚業自律，衛生部說。
新聞辭典
size up：品評；評估。例句：A game of cards offers the best possible chance of sizing a man up.（打一局牌提供了品評一個人的最佳可能機會。）
anorexia：厭食症。其反義詞是bulimea，貪食症。
working group：工作小組。與此相關的另一個常用詞是 task force，指「任務小組」、「專案小組」。
