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英国10岁和11岁儿童严重肥胖人数创历史新高

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Severe obesity among 10 and 11-year-old hits all-time high in UK

英国10岁和11岁儿童严重肥胖人数创历史新高

Severe obesity has hit an all-time high among children in England in their last year of primary school, a government report has found.

英国一份政府报告发现,英国小学生在小学最后一年的严重肥胖人数创下历史新高。

The report, released Thursday by the UK's National Health Service (NHS), examined more than a million 10 and 11-year-olds in state-maintained schools across England.

这份由英国国民健康服务体系(NHS)于本周四发布的报告,调查了全英格兰就读于公立学校的超过100万名10岁至11岁儿童。

It found that 20.2% of children measured were obese, including 4.4% who were severely obese -- that's more than 26,000 children.

调查发现,20.2%的儿童患有肥胖症,其中有4.4%属于重度肥胖症,也就是26000多名儿童。

英国10岁和11岁儿童严重肥胖人数创历史新高

The NHS defines children's obesity by calculating their Body Mass Index (BMI), taking into account their sex and age. Children above the 95th percentile are considered "obese," while children above the 99.6th percentile are considered "severely obese."

英国国民健康服务体系(NHS)考虑了儿童的性别和年龄,通过计算他们的身体质量指数(BMI)来定义儿童肥胖。超过95%的儿童被认为是“肥胖”,而超过99.6%的儿童被认为是“严重肥胖”。

The findings come just a week after a report by the World Obesity Federation, which warned that there are 158 million obese children around the world.

就在一周前,世界肥胖联合会发布了一份报告,警告称全球有1.58亿肥胖儿童。

According to the WOF, more than 250 million school-aged children and adolescents will be classed as obese by 2030, putting huge pressure on health care systems.

根据世界卫生组织的数据,到2030年,将有超过2.5亿学龄儿童和青少年肥胖,这将给卫生保健系统带来巨大的压力。

In absolute terms, the US is expected to have 17 million obese children by 2030, the largest number after China and India, the report found.

报告发现,按绝对值计算,到2030年,美国预计将有1700万肥胖儿童,这一数字仅次于中国和印度。

Children 'drowning in unhealthy food' options

儿童“沉溺于不健康食品”

The rate of severe obesity among children ages 10 and 11 in England marks a new record high -- and this is the fourth consecutive year the record has been broken. When the NHS first began the annual report in 2006, only 2.4% of children (numbering 10,300) in that age range were severely obese.

英国10岁和11岁儿童的严重肥胖率创下新高,这是连续第四年打破纪录。2006年英国国民健康服务体系首次发布年度报告时,这个年龄段的儿童中只有2.4%(10300人)严重肥胖。

These findings were published on the same day that UK Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies released a report urging action on solving childhood obesity. The report reiterated the government's aim of halving childhood obesity by 2030 -- a goal that "we are nowhere near achieving" in England, Davies wrote.

这些发现发表的同一天,英国首席医疗官莎莉·戴维斯爵士发表了一份报告,敦促采取行动解决儿童肥胖问题。戴维斯写道,该报告重申了政府的目标,即到2030年将儿童肥胖人数减半——在英国,这一目标“离实现还很遥远”。

"Today's children are drowning in a flood of unhealthy food and drink options, compounded by insufficient opportunities for being active," she said. There are 53,000 fast food outlets in England, with 62% of them within 400 meters (1,300 feet) of a primary school, according to the report.

她说:“如今的孩子们沉溺于大量不健康食品和饮料中,再加上缺乏锻炼的机会。”报告称,英国有5.3万家快餐连锁店,其中62%在距离小学不到400米(1300英尺)的地方。

英国10岁和11岁儿童严重肥胖人数创历史新高

Obese or overweight children may experience a range of related health issues such as diabetes, asthma, depression, fatty liver disease and joint pain. Recent years have seen a rise in Type 2 diabetes among UK youth, believed to be caused by a rise in obesity.

肥胖或超重的儿童可能会经历一系列相关的健康问题,如糖尿病、哮喘、抑郁症、脂肪肝和关节痛。近年来,英国年轻人患2型糖尿病的人数有所上升,据信这是由肥胖人数上升引起的。

However, Davies added that biological and social factors, like health care and ethnicity, also significantly affect which children are most vulnerable to obesity. If the wealth gap continues to widen, as many as 33% of children in the most deprived areas could be obese by 2030, she said.

然而,戴维斯补充说,生物和社会因素,如医疗保健和种族,也会显著影响那些最容易肥胖的儿童。她说,如果贫富差距继续扩大,到2030年,最贫困地区可能有多达33%的肥胖儿童。

This is in line with the NHS report, which found that there are twice as many obese children living in "deprived areas" than in more affluent areas. The difference in rate for severe obesity is even more extreme -- it's more than four times higher for children who live in the most deprived communities.

这与英国国民健康服务体系的报告一致,报告发现生活在“贫困地区”的肥胖儿童数量是生活在富裕地区的两倍。严重肥胖率的差异甚至更为极端——生活在最贫困社区的儿童肥胖率高出4倍以上。


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