改变生活方式可预防老年痴呆_BEC初级作文

改变生活方式可预防老年痴呆

来自加州大学旧金山分校(University of California, San Francisco)的研究作者们说，在可增加个体患老年痴呆症风险的因素中，被认为可变的因素包括糖尿病、高血压、肥胖、抽烟、久坐、情绪低落以及受教育水平低。

In the U.S., physical inactivity is the biggest changeable factor, accounting for 21% of the risk for Alzheimer's, followed by depression and smoking. Added together, the factors account for about 50% of the risk.

在美国，缺乏锻炼是最大的可变因素，占老年痴呆症风险的21%，排在其后的是情绪低落和抽烟。这三大因素加在一起占了50%左右的风险。

If these risk factors were decreased by just 10%, about 184,000 Alzheimer's cases in the U.S. and 1.1 million cases world-wide could be prevented, according to the research. A reduction of 25% on all seven risk factors could prevent nearly half a million cases in the U.S. and more than three million world-wide, the analyses showed.

根据这项研究，如果这些风险因素下降区区10%，在美国就会有大约18.4万老年痴呆症患者可以得到预防，全球预防人数为110万。分析显示，如果所有七项风险可下降25%，美国的预防人数就会接近50万，全球范围内超过300万。

There are some five million people in the U.S. thought to have Alzheimer's, according to the Alzheimer's Association, and about 36 million cases globally, according to Alzheimer's Disease International.