研究发现 过去40年间全球青少年肥胖人数增加10倍

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，全球肥胖儿童与青少年数量增至1.24亿，比40年前的1100万高出10倍以上。

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

发表在《柳叶刀》上的一项新研究发现，2016年共有2.13亿儿童和青少年超重。

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

从更广阔的角度看，这相当于去年有约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.

太平洋诸岛中大部分国家有着全球最高的肥胖率，估计有超过30%的5到19岁青少年肥胖。

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.

其次是美国以及部分加勒比国家和中东国家，相同年龄段人群的肥胖率超过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.

这项研究的带头人、英国伦敦帝国学院的全球环境健康学教授马基德·伊扎提称：“过去40年，儿童与青少年肥胖率在全球范围内飙升，这一趋势在中低收入的国家中仍在持续。”

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

值得一提的是，东亚和南亚的肥胖率在此时间段内增长得尤其快。