中国糖尿病患病率“爆炸式增长”_时事

中国糖尿病患病率“爆炸式增长”

4月7日是世界卫生日，今年的主题是“打败糖尿病”。当天，世界卫生组织驻华代表处在北京举行糖尿病宣传活动。据介绍，中国每10个成年人中便有一人患有糖尿病，中国的糖尿病患病率正呈现爆炸式增长，正成为严重的健康问题。

【爆炸式增长】

"Rates of Type 2 diabetes in China have exploded in the last couple of decades," said Bernhard Schwartlander, the WHO representative in China.

世界卫生组织驻华代表施贺德说：“中国二型糖尿病患病率在过去的二十多年中呈爆炸式增长。”

【患病总人数多】

About 110 million adults in China live with diabetes, according to the World Health Organization.

据世界卫生组织的数据，中国成年人中约有1.1亿患有糖尿病。

【儿童患病风险增加】

An increasing number of children in China face an elevated risk of developing diabetes, mainly because of unhealthy diets and a lack of physical exercise, experts warned on Thursday, which was World Health Day.

专家在4月7日世界卫生日提醒称，中国越来越多的儿童患上糖尿病的风险提高，主要是因为饮食不健康，以及缺乏体育锻炼。

【原因】

This increase has been largely driven by unhealthy lifestyles - diets that are too high in sugar and fat, and people not getting enough physical activity."