走向富裕的亚洲人健康问题日益严重

Economies in Southeast Asia are not the only things growing in the region. Waistlines are too -- and that has doctors and health experts worried about the strains a clutch of new health problems could put on many countries still in the process of developing.
伴随着东南亚地区经济一同增长的，还有人们的腰围──医生和卫生专家担心，一系列新的健康问题可能会对许多发展中国家造成负担。

Rapid economic growth has created new and expanding middles classes in places like Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. But new affluence is also driving up the rate of 'life-style' diseases, including hypertension, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory illness, say doctors.
在印度尼西亚、菲律宾和越南等地，快速增长的经济催生了不断壮大的新兴中产阶级。而据医生称，全新的小康生活也促使高血压、癌症、糖尿病、慢性呼吸道疾病等“生活方式疾病”的发病率上升。

Together, those diseases account for 80% of the deaths in Asia, but health experts say it need not be that way -- most could be addressed by people simply changing the way they eat and live.
亚洲的因病死亡人口中，这些疾病加一起占了全部死亡原因的80%，但卫生专家称，通过日常生活和饮食方式的调整，就可以扭转这一形势。

'We must have behavior change,' Shin Young-soo, the World Health Organization's regional director for the Western Pacific, said during a recent health summit in Manila.
近期在马尼拉举行的健康峰会上，世界卫生组织(World Health Organization)西太平洋地区主任申英秀(Shin Young-soo)呼吁人们对生活习惯做出改变。

As regional incomes improve, people have more money to spend on fast food and processed snacks. In recent years, demand for meat and dairy has also risen dramatically in many of Southeast Asia's emerging economies.
伴随着地区收入状况的改善，人们有更多的钱来购买快餐和加工食品。近年来，许多东南亚新兴经济体内对于肉制品和奶制品的需求也在急剧上升。

But changes in diets combined with lack of exercise has made Asians more prone to diabetes than their counterparts in the West, said Dr. Shin, one of nearly 200 health and development experts attending a week-long gathering here aimed at discussing non-communicable diseases and finding way to combat them.
申英秀说，然而饮食的变化和缺乏运动结合在一起，使得亚洲人糖尿病的发病率高于西方。申英秀与近200位出席峰会的卫生和发展专家聚在一起，将对非传染性疾病以及应对策略进行为期一周的探讨。

Recent studies show that as much as 12% of Chinese adults have diabetes and half are prone to developing the disease. In South Korea, Japan and Vietnam around one in every 10 adults has diabetes.
近期研究表明，多达12%的中国成年人患有糖尿病，而一半的人口有患病风险。在韩国、日本和越南，大约每10个人就有一人是糖尿病患者。

Half a century ago, non-communicable diseases weren't a priority among health experts, said WHO director-general Margaret Chan.
世界卫生组织(WHO)总干事陈冯富珍(Margaret Chan)说，半个世纪前，非传染性疾病还不是健康专家重点探讨的话题。

'Diets were rich in fruits and vegetables,' she said. 'Fish was the principal source of protein. People drank water.'
她说，当时人们的膳食中多蔬菜水果，鱼是蛋白质的基本摄入来源。水是人们的饮品。