生活英语|infobesity 信息肥胖症

Infobesity refers to a new disease caused by excessive consumption of information.

信息肥胖症指的是信息消费过量致使的一种新病症。

Nowadays newspapers, magazines, television and the Internet are producing far more information than we can absorb, which seduces^{1 us into ingesting too much, just like food.}

在如今这个年代，报纸、杂志、电视、互联网都在制造很多信息，这类信息引诱着大家不断去摄取，即便大家早已吃饱了。

The information served up by commercial television is usually poor in fiber^{2 and high in the information equivalent of fat and sugar. People are becoming infobese from overconsumption of such information.}

商业电视提供的信息餐总是纤维含量少而脂肪和糖分含量高。过度摄取这种信息正使大家患上信息肥胖症。