2007年VOA标准英语-Heart Disease, Stroke Claim More Than 17 Millio
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
Geneva
30 September 2007
The World Heart Federation 1 says heart disease and stroke are the world's largest killers 2, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. Marking World Heart Day, the Federation says knowing the risk factors and leading a healthy active lifestyle can largely prevent people from getting these chronic 3, ultimately fatal diseases. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.
The World Heart Federation says heart disease and stroke are commonly believed to be diseases of the wealthy. But studies show 80 percent of all deaths from these chronic illnesses occur in low and middle-income countries.
The Federation's Chief Executive Officer, Janet Voute, says cardiovascular diseases are on the increase across the African continent. Much of this, she says, is due to increased urbanization.
"When people move from rural to urban areas, there are major changes in their life, such as a decrease in physical activity, a change in dietary patterns, and increase in fast food and a decrease in fruit and vegetable consumption, for example," said Voute. "There is also an uptake of unhealthy habits such as smoking. So, a lot of society's trends are going in the wrong direction."
Voute says obesity 4 is another major risk factor. She says Africa bears a double burden of malnutrition 5, that of underweight children and of overweight adults.
She says it is important to focus on improving lifestyles within an African specific context to get the message across that overweight and obesity can lead to life-threatening conditions.
"It is very difficult to suddenly say large is not beautiful. But, what is very easy to say is to say you need to be physically 6 active, you need that for your health and you also need to know your risk, to check your risk levels," added Voute. "And, those are two initiatives that can be done in a societally appropriate context. In other words check your risk factors. Find out, in fact, if your weight is leading to high blood pressure. Find out if your overweight is leading to high cholesterol 7, as it is known to do."
The Geneva-based World Heart Federation says people in wealthy countries are living longer because of good medical treatment. But, it warns this progress could be set back if measures are not taken to reverse the rise in obesity among young people.
It says growing obesity among children is leading to the early onset 8 of type-2 diabetes 9 and to the early onset of fatty streaks 10 in the arteries 11. It says these conditions can eventually lead to premature 12 death.
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
- They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
- In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
- It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
- There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
- They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。
- The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
- Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。
- In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
- Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
- streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
- Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》