世界卫生日关注人口老化问题

Director of the WHO Aging and Life Course, John Beard, says adopting healthy behaviors can significantly reduce the risk of developing all non-communicable diseases. He says being physically active, eating a healthy diet, avoiding the harmful use of alcohol and not smoking can better the chances of enjoying a healthy old age.

世卫组织老化和生命过程项目的主任毕尔德说，采取健康的行为可以明显降低患非传染性疾病的风险。他说，常活动、饮食健康、少喝酒、不抽烟，会让人有更高的机会得以过健康的老年生活。

He says it is also important for society to change its attitude toward aging. He says it is wrong to focus on aging as a problem. It is wrong to regard older people as a burden.

毕尔德说，社会改变对老化的态度也很重要。他说，将老化看作是一个问题是错的，将老年人视为负担也是错的。

“At WHO, we see it somewhat differently," said Beard. "We see older people as a resource. We see them as a resource for their family, for their community, for society as a whole. And the key to liberating that resource is good health and it is something which we have neglected in the past and we need to make sure that the older populations which we are going to share this planet within the future and which all of us will be part of - that as far as possible, we enjoy the best possible health because that makes everything possible.”

毕尔德说：“在世卫组织，我们用不同的方式来看待老年人。我们将老年人视为资源，我们将整个老龄人口视为他们的家庭、社区和社会的资源。充分运用这个资源的关键在于良好的健康，这是我们过去所忽视的。我们必须确保在未来会和我们一同分享地球以及我们将来也会成为的老龄人口尽可能健康，因为这样才会有无限的可能。”

The World Health Organization recommends several key actions to strengthen healthy and active aging. It urges governments to promote good healthy behaviors throughout life and to provide basic primary health care to detect chronic diseases early so they can be treated.

世卫组织提出增强健康和活跃老化的几项关键行动的建议。它敦促各国政府宣传与指导生活中的健康行为，提供基本医疗保健，以便使慢性病能够得到早期诊断和早期治疗。

WHO says physical and social environments should be created in which old people can thrive. And it calls on governments to change social attitudes toward the elderly so they are respected and valued.

世卫组织说，应该创造老年人能健康生活的物质和社会环境。它并且呼吁政府改变对老年人的社会态度，让老年人受到尊重和重视。