Obesity has rapidly increased in young rural Chinese, a study has warned, because of socioeconomic changes.
日前，一項研究警告稱，由于社會經(jīng)濟的轉(zhuǎn)變，中國農(nóng)村肥胖青少年的數(shù)量呈激增趨勢。

Researchers found 17% of boys and 9% of girls under the age of 19 were obese in 2014, up from 1% for each in 1985.The study used a stricter cut-off of the Body Mass Index (BMI) than the World Health Organization standard.
該研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在2014年低于19歲的人口中，男孩肥胖比例為17%，女孩的比例為9%，而1985年這兩種性別的肥胖人口比例僅為1%。這項研究利用身體質(zhì)量指數(shù)（BMI）來評定肥胖，但其使用的臨界值比世界衛(wèi)生組織所規(guī)定的標準更為苛刻。

"It is the worst explosion of childhood and adolescent obesity that I have ever seen," Joep Perk from the European Society of Cardiology told AFP news agency.
歐洲心臟病學會的喬普·珀克在接受法新社采訪時表示：“這是我所見過的兒童和青少年時期肥胖人口最為急劇的增長?！?/div>

The study said China's rapid socioeconomic and nutritional transition had led to an increase in energy intake and a decrease in physical activity. The traditional Chinese diet had shifted towards a diet "with high fat, high energy density and low dietary fibre".
該研究稱，中國社會經(jīng)濟的飛速發(fā)展以及營養(yǎng)結(jié)構(gòu)的轉(zhuǎn)變，導致人們攝入的能量更多，運動量卻有所減少。傳統(tǒng)的中國飲食結(jié)構(gòu)已經(jīng)向著“高脂肪、高熱量、低纖維”轉(zhuǎn)變。

The percentage of overweight children has also grown from 0.7% to 16.4% for boys and from 1.5% to nearly 14% for girls, the study said. The data was taken from six government surveys of rural school children in Shandong aged between seven and 18.
據(jù)悉，接受調(diào)查的超重男孩的比例從0.7%增長到了16.4%，女孩則從1.5%增長到近14%。這些數(shù)據(jù)是來自山東省六個地級市政府對農(nóng)村學校7-18歲兒童的調(diào)查。

On the reason for the higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in boys, the study says: "The traditional, societal preference for sons, particularly in rural areas, may mean that boys are likely to enjoy more of the family's resources."
男孩的超重和肥胖比率更高，究其原因，該研究指出：“中國傳統(tǒng)的重男輕女的觀念，特別是農(nóng)村地區(qū)，意味著男孩能更多的享用家里的資源?！?/div>

The researchers recommend that "comprehensive strategies of intervention should include periodic monitoring, education on the pattern of nutrition, physical exercises and healthy dietary behaviour".
此外，研究人員還提出了農(nóng)村地區(qū)兒童肥胖問題的全面干預策略，那就是包括定期監(jiān)測體重、普及營養(yǎng)攝入方式、加強體育鍛煉和培養(yǎng)健康飲食的觀念。