Health advocates say sugar drinks cause obesity and diabetes.

健康倡议士表示，含糖饮料可致肥胖和糖尿病。

Obesity, for example, is rare in a state of nature.

例如肥胖症在极少数情况下是天生的。

But people's belief that they cannot control their weight can itself contribute to obesity.

们认为自己无法控制重的思想，本身就会导致肥胖。

These underlying conditions include obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and lung or kidney disease.

这些潜在的疾病包括肥胖、糖尿病、心脏病、癌症和肺部或肾脏疾病。

Teachman tracked body-mass-index, BMI, a measure of obesity, from adolescence to middle age.

特克曼对这些从到中时的BMI，即身高重指数进行了跟踪调查，这一指数可反映出的肥胖程度。

Obesity among children and young people is on course to increase faster than among adults.

儿童和群中肥胖症患者增速比成快。

Tonga’s health minister, a large man himself, he acknowledges that obesity and related onuses like diabetes are a huge drain on the country’s budget.

汤加的卫生部长本也较胖，但他知道，肥胖及相关病症比如糖尿病，是国家财政开支的一大项。

Poor sleep is associated with high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and other illnesses as well.

睡眠不足会引发高血压 肥胖症 糖尿病以及其他各种各样的疾病。

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffee sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Cafe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer.

世界癌症研究基金会对英国部分流行连锁店销售的冰咖啡进行了一些调查，其中包括星巴克、尼路咖啡和寇斯塔咖啡，通过衡量冰咖啡中所含的热量，来寻找肥胖与癌症的联系。

So it's the person's habits that link to obesity and NOT the diet soda.

所以，与肥胖有关的是一个的习惯，而不是无糖汽水。

And obesity, which is the main driver of diabetes, cancer, stroke, heart disease, and depression, afflicts 42 percent of American adults as well as nearly 20 percent of children.

肥胖是糖尿病、癌症、中风、心脏病和抑郁症的主要诱因，它折磨着42%的美国成和近20%的儿童。

In addition neuropeptides in the brain governing sleep and obesity appear to overlap, he said.

此外，他还说大脑中调节睡眠和肥胖的神经肽似乎重合在一起。

A BMI between 20 to 25 is normal, 25 to 30 is pre-obese and more than 30 is obese. Public health experts have warned that Europe is facing an obesity epidemic that will increase health costs and hamper economic development.

重指数在20-25之间为“正常”，在25-30之间为“肥胖前”，大于30则为“肥胖”。 公共健康专家发出警告，欧洲目前正面临普遍肥胖的问题，这会增加健康成本，还会阻碍经济发展。

Overall research suggests that reducing the amount of sugar in drinks could prevent 1 million cases of obesity. So should we swap in diet drinks instead?

总归而言，研究建议如果降低饮料的糖分，可以避免一百万种发胖情况。所以我们应该就此就都换成喝零卡饮料吗？

Well, as you'll know from watching our shows and countless documentaries out there, many countries in the world have been faced with an obesity crisis for some time.

从观看我们的节目还有另外无数的纪录片，正如你所知，很多国家一度面临肥胖危机。

Childhood obesity rates have finally stopped rising, for the first time in decades.

儿童肥胖率终于不再上升了 这可是几十来第一次。

So it seems strange that some of the companies that sponsor – or pay for, the Olympic Games also sell food and drink which is linked to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

而一些赞助奥运会或为奥运会掏钱的公司也出售与肥胖、心脏病和糖尿病有关的食品和饮料，因此这似乎很奇怪。

Left untreated, obesity can also lead to heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

如果不加以治疗，肥胖也会导致心脏病、癌症和糖尿病。

Caffeine could reduce your risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

咖啡因可以降低肥胖、2 型糖尿病和心脏病的风险。

17. How have medical professionals tried to fight obesity?

17. 医学专家是如何对抗肥胖的？