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英文原文
Obesity affects people with obesity.
肥胖影響著肥胖人群。
A new study estimates that more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity.
一項新的研究估計,目前全球有超過10億人患有肥胖癥。
People with obesity are considered medically overweight.
從醫(yī)學角度來看,肥胖人群被認為是超重。
The study, published in the medical publication The Lancet, said that 1 in 8 people are obese.
這項發(fā)表在醫(yī)學期刊《柳葉刀》上的研究指出,每8個人中就有1人患有肥胖癥。
Researchers said around 43 percent of adults were overweight in 2022.
研究人員表示,2022年約有43%的成年人超重。
Worldwide obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990.
自1990年以來,全球成人肥胖率增長了一倍以上。
The study found that among young people aged 5 to 19, the obesity rate increased by four times during the same period.
研究發(fā)現(xiàn),在5至19歲的年輕人中,同期肥胖率增長了四倍。
"A staggering number of people are living with obesity," declared the lead writer of the study, Majid Ezzati.
“令人震驚的大量人群正遭受著肥胖的困擾,”該研究的主要作者馬吉德·埃扎蒂(Majid Ezzati)表示。
He is a professor at Imperial College London.
他是倫敦帝國理工學院的教授。