VOA双语新闻 Fast Food Heightens Risk of Diabetes

A new study has found that people who eat fast food are much more likely to develop insulin resistance than those who don't.

一项新的研究表明吃快餐的人比不吃快餐的人更易患抗性胰岛素。

A study published in the international journal the Lancet found that people whose diet consists primarily of fatty food - such as hamburgers, french fries and pizza - weigh more and have an increased risk of insulin resistance compared to people who limit their consumption of foods high in fat.

一篇发表在国际医学期刊"柳叶刀"的研究表明以脂肪类食物-例如汉堡包,薯条,匹萨饼-为主的人比起限制饮食中高脂肪含量的人更胖，并且更易患抗性胰岛素。

Insulin resistance is a condition in which peoples' insulin does not process food effectively and abnormal amounts of sugar circulate in the blood stream. The result is high blood sugar levels that can make such individuals more prone¹ to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes².

抗性胰岛素是一种病，患有此病的人身体中的胰岛素不能有效地消化食物，并且使血流中的糖的成份处于不正常的含量。结果就是高血糖会使这些人更易患高血压，心脏病和糖尿病。

Investigators³ followed more than three thousand people who reported their fast food eating habits. After 15 years, the U.S. researchers found that those who ate at least two meals per week at a fast food restaurant were four-point-five kilograms heavier, and they had more than a 100 percent risk of insulin resistance compared to those who limited their intake⁴ of fast food to one meal or less per week.

调研专家跟踪调查了3000多报告有吃快餐习惯的人。美国研究人员15年后发现那些每周至少要在快餐店吃两顿快餐的人要比每周只吃一顿或更少的人重4.5公斤，并且有超过100%的可能性患有抗性胰岛素。

Dr. Alan Rubin has written a number of books on diabetes-related topics. He said the connection between insulin resistance and diets rich in fat has long been suspected. "They wanted to have a study, which very clearly showed that there was something going on in the fast food that pointed⁵ to insulin resistance, and I think this study does a very good job of doing that," he said.

艾伦.罗宾博士已经写了很多和糖尿病有关的书籍。他表示把抗性胰岛素和食用含有大量脂肪的饮食联系起来是长期受到质疑的。他说："他们想要用一项研究清晰的表明快餐与抗性胰岛素有着某种联系，并且我认为这项研究已经很好的证实了这一观点。"

Dr. Rubin said the findings have worldwide implications. "You go to India and China and you find that the occurrence of diabetes is growing so rapidly there that with their huge populations of over a billion people in each of those countries, they are going to suffer from tremendous amounts of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and so forth," he said.

艾伦.罗宾博士表示这些研究结果有着世界性的含意。他说："如果你到印度和中国，你会发现在那里糖尿病患者正在迅速增加，因为那些国家每个都有超过10亿的庞大人口，他们将会有很多人患有心脏病，高血压，糖尿病等。"

In another health-related development, international health officials say they worry survivors⁶ of the tsunami⁷ who have otherwise manageable diseases, like diabetes and high blood pressure, will begin to suffer because they can't receive care at south Asia's decimated health care facilities.

在另一项医疗工作中，国际医疗官员表示他们担心患有其它像糖尿病和高血压的良性疾病海啸幸存者将会发病，因为他们不能在已经损毁的南亚医疗机构得到有效的治疗。
 

1 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

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 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 intake   

n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口

参考例句：

• Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
• There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。

5 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

7 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。