心脏病=富贵病？(2)【沪江标准VOA10-04】
Heart Disease, Stroke Claim More Than 17 Million Lives a Year (2/2)
"It is very difficult to suddenly say large is not beautiful. But, what is very easy to say is to say you need to be physically active, you need that for your health and you also need to know your risk, to check your risk levels, and, those are two initiatives that can be done in a societally appropriate context. In other words check your risk factors. Find out, in fact, if your weight is leading to high blood pressure. Find out if your overweight is leading to high cholesterol, as it is known to do."
The Geneva-based World Heart Federation says people in wealthy countries are living longer because of good medical treatment. But, it warns this progress could be set back if measures are not taken to reverse the rise in obesity among young people.
It says growing obesity among children is leading to the early onset of type-2 diabetes and to the early onset of fatty streaks in the arteries. It says these conditions can eventually lead to premature death.
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“突然告诉公众‘肥即丑’是很困难的。但是，比较容易的是告诉人们，为了健康需要运动，而且需要知道自己的患病危险，即检查自己的危险水平；以上两点是适合社会背景可初步实行的措施。也就是，检查你的危险因素。实际上是发现你的体重是否已经到了可以导致高血压的程度。发现你的超重是否如所知的那样，已导致胆固醇偏高。”
总部在日内瓦的国际心脏联盟指出，在富裕的国家，由于良好的医疗护理，人们活的更长。但是，该机构提醒到，如果不采取措施逆转年轻人中不断增加的肥胖情况，这种进展可能会发生倒退。
此机构指出儿童肥胖可使其过早的发生Ⅱ型糖尿病，还可导致动脉中过早的出现脂质条纹。这些情况最终都会导致过早的死亡。
