走向富裕的亚洲人健康问题日益严重_BEC初级作文

走向富裕的亚洲人健康问题日益严重

促使人们患上这类生活方式相关疾病的主要原因包括吸烟、饮食不健康、缺乏锻炼以及过度饮酒，而这些均可以避免。但医生称，现在这些不良习惯仍然盛行，在很多地方甚至愈演愈烈。

The Asia-Pacific is home to about one-third of the world's smokers -- many of them concentrated in China and Indonesia, two of the world's biggest cigarette markets. Nearly 70% of men over the age of 15 smoke in Indonesia, according to the WHO, which says health care costs associated with tobacco-related illnesses ring in at around $1.7 billion each year.

亚太地区的吸烟人群占全世界的三分之一，多数集中在中国和印度尼西亚，两国也是世界两个最大的香烟市场。据世界卫生组织称，印度尼西亚超过70%的15岁以上男性人口是烟民，这使得该国因吸烟相关疾病而产生的医疗费用高达每年17亿美元。

Meanwhile, in China, Dr. Chan said, researchers estimate that 114 million adults have diabetes -- while an additional 493 million people at risk of developing the disease.

陈冯富珍说，在中国，研究人员估计约1.14亿中国人患有糖尿病，4.93亿人面临患病风险。

'Think about what this means in the world's second largest economy,' she said.

她说，可以想一想这对于世界第二大经济体来说意味着什么。

The could eventually bankrupt the health care system in China. For other countries whose economies are just beginning to take off, the burden of having to deal with an increasingly unhealthy population could derail development goals and scale back the benefits of economic gain. In the region as a whole, it means added pressure on health care systems that, in many places, are already over-stretched.