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About 70, 000, 000 Americans are trying to lose weight（减肥）, That is almost one of every three people in the United States．Some people eat l 1 food and they hardly have fat or sweets．Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is h 2 work, and it will also cost a lot of money．But why do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the bodies, For many people, looking nice also means to be t 3 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight is not good．
Most People want to find a faster and e 4 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are w 5 ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and woman p 6 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two t 7 exercise, eating different foods, Meals there may be just a little．All these work is for losing weight．After 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5pounds （2.27kg）．At $400 a day, she spent $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still g 8 to do so．
Health centers, books, medicine, operations, running and exercise machines all n 9 a lot of money．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing m 10 ．
1．less 2．hard 3．thin 4．easier 5．written
6．pay 7．taking 8．glad 9．need 10．money