醫(yī)學英語：共同努力減少兒童肥胖率

CDC works 24-7 to save lives and protect people.

疾控中心全天候為拯救生命和美國人民工作。

This month's Vital Signs has good news.

本周的《生命特征》為您帶來一些好消息。

It looks as if childhood obesity rates have begun to decrease in many states among our nation's low-income preschoolers.

在美國很多州，低收入家庭學齡前兒童的肥胖率有所下降。

兒童肥胖

The federal WIC program has improved nutritional standards, and communities across the nation are taking action: increasing breastfeeding rates, improving nutrition and physical activity in child care, making it easier for families to buy healthy food, and providing free, safe drinking water in parks and recreational areas.

聯(lián)邦政府的WIC項目提高了營養(yǎng)標準，全國社區(qū)都采取了行動：提高母乳哺育率、改善托兒所里的營養(yǎng)和活動條件、讓健康食物觸手可及、在公園和娛樂場所提供免費安全的飲用水。

These are just a few things that are proven to work, but still, 1 in 8 preschoolers is obese, and that's far too many.

這些只是起到作用的幾件事，但是依然有八分之一的學齡前兒童患有肥胖癥，這個數(shù)據(jù)很大。

Obese children are much more likely to become obese as adults and have lifelong physical and mental health problems.

肥胖兒童也更有可能成為肥胖青年，并且一生都會有身體和心里健康問題。

Every community can work to make the healthy choice the easy choice so that our nation's children grow up and thrive.

所有社區(qū)都可以一起努力，讓健康的選擇成為更容易的選擇，這樣我們國家的孩子才能茁壯成長。