万花筒 2011-09-09&09-10 肥胖问题贻害无穷

When you talk about government policy needing to intervene and make these changes that are necessary to change the trends. Yes, they have to. They are not going to have a choice because what we are going to have is a nation. We are going to have a nation that's dying sooner than it should at least 15 years younger than it should. We are going to have people, the escalating¹ numbers of diabetes² and hypotension and sleep apnea. All these sorts of diseases are going to come on in our youth much earlier than projected as a matter of fact. The studies have already shown that it's happening. So if we are getting worse with obesity³ rates, we are getting sicker as a nation. And if we are getting sicker as a nation, we are not going to be good for ourselves or anyone else.

1 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

2 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• 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。

3 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• 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。