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的復興。但林恩本人不打算再次錄制。P58 Fueled by the rising popularity of soft drinks and fastfood restaurants . Mexico has bee the second fattest nation in the world. Mexican health officials say it could surpass the US as the most obese country within 10 years of such trends continue . More than 71 percent of Mexican women and 66 percent of mexican men are overweight , according to the lastest national surveys . As diabetes is now Mexico39。s leading cause of death , activists and leaders hope to renew the efforts to crack dowm on junk food and other fattyfood consumption and encourage citizens to exercise more . But it will be tough battle , as industry groups are expected to put up a fight.No one knows better the country 39。 s affection for fattening foods than Lidia Garcia Garduno, who39。s run a fruit stand in central Mexico City for the past 10 years . People don39。t eat right anymore , said Garcia Garduno .instead of ing here and purchasing a fruit drink , they prefer to walk across the street and buy fried pork chops . That39。s why so many Mexicans are obese .In 1989 , fewer than 10 percent of Mexican adults were overweight . No one in the country even talked about obesity back then , said barry popkin , a university of north carolinachapel hill professor who studies global weight gain . Experts were too concerned with poverty and hunger .“It certainly happened with few noticing , ” said popkin , who 39。s working with the Mexican health ministry to develop strategies to address obesity throughout the country . mexico has probably had the most rapid increase of obesity in the last 15 years .Mexican Health Secretary Jose Cordova, who launched a new health campaign on , agree :we have to put the breakes on this obesity problem .由軟飲料和快餐店的人氣高漲推波