美国疾病控制预防中心近日发表的一份报告称,美国每年大约花750亿美元用于治疗与肥胖有关的疾病,这些钱数已超过了用于治疗吸烟、酗酒引起的疾病。如果说全身肥胖在中年以后出现的几率较高,而腹部肥胖(俗称“啤酒肚”)则是随着年龄的增长而增加。腹部肥胖已引起世界卫生组织的高度重视,因为很多国家已进入老龄化社会,如不重视腹部肥胖,“啤酒肚”很可能成为影响健康的最危险的杀手之一。 A report published recently by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention said the United States spends about 750 billion U.S. dollars each year on obesity-related diseases that have surpassed those used to treat smoking and alcohol abuse. If the body fat appears more likely after middle age, and abdominal obesity (commonly known as “beer belly”) is increased with age. Abdominal obesity has drawn great attention from the World Health Organization because many countries have entered an aging society and “belly belly” is likely to be one of the most dangerous killers affecting health if abdominal obesity is neglected.