研究發現 過去40年間全球青少年肥胖人數增加10倍大綱

The number of obese children and adolescents around the world rose to 124 million in 2016 - more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago.

2016年，全球肥胖兒童與青少年數量增至1.24億，比40年前的1100萬高出10倍以上。

A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a new study published in the Lancet.

發表在《柳葉刀》上的一項新研究發現，2016年共有2.13億兒童和青少年超重。

Looking at the broader picture, this equated to roughly 5.6% of girls and 7.8% of boys being obese last year.

從更廣闊的角度看，這相當於去年有約5.6%的女童和7.8%的男童肥胖。

Most countries within the Pacific Islands had the highest rates globally, with more than 30% of their youth ages 5 to 19 estimated to be obese.

太平洋諸島中大部分國家有着全球最高的肥胖率，估計有超過30%的5到19歲青少年肥胖。

The US and some countries in the Caribbean as well as the Middle East came next with levels of obesity above 20% for the same age group.

其次是美國以及部分加勒比國家和中東國家，相同年齡段人羣的肥胖率超過20%。

"Over the past four decades, obesity rates in children and adolescents have soared globally, and continue to do so in low- and middle-income countries," said Majid Ezzati, professor of global environmental health at Imperial College London in the UK, who led the research.

這項研究的帶頭人、英國倫敦帝國學院的全球環境健康學教授馬基德·伊扎提稱：“過去40年，兒童與青少年肥胖率在全球範圍內飆升，這一趨勢在中低收入的國家中仍在持續。”

Over the same time period, the rise in obesity has particularly accelerated in East and South Asia.

值得一提的是，東亞和南亞的肥胖率在此時間段內增長得尤其快。