Over a 15-year period, the rates of severe childhood obesity continue to climb.
超过15年间,儿童严重肥胖率继续攀升。
Researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute have found that one-third of American children aged 2 to 19 were overweight.
杜克临床研究所的研究人员发现,2到19岁的美国儿童中有三分之一超重。
Lead researcher, Asheley Skinner, says that treatment for 4.5 million severely obese children is needed.
首席研究员斯金表示,需要对450万严重肥胖的儿童进行治疗。
Childhood obesity increases the risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.
儿童肥胖会增加患心脏病、2型糖尿病和癌症的风险。
"Unless we make big changes on a national level, we're not going to see huge changes in obesity," Skinner says.
“除非我们在国家层面上做出很大的改变,否则在肥胖方面不会看到巨大变化,“斯金纳说。
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