Americans Fat and Thin
Word guide
disease : illness, sickness - a pound : 454 grammes, 25 pounds : about 11 kg - overweight: too heavy - elevator: lift - teller: cash desk - to stuff: to fill - pedestrian: person on foot - pop: Coke, 7-Up, etc - department store : big shop - affluent: rich, prosperous - pride themselves on being : are proud to be - sleek: slender, elegantly thin - emaciated: unelegantly thin - gospel: the certain truth - plastic surgery: medical operations for esthetic reasons.