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A new study reports that more than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide. And more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are not receiving treatment. 

一项新研究报告称，全球有超过 8 亿成年人患有糖尿病。超过一半的 30 岁以上患有这种疾病的人没有接受治疗。 

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood sugar level is too high. If untreated, it can damage the heart, blood vessels, nerves and other organs.

糖尿病是一种血糖水平过高的疾病。如果不及时治疗，可能会损害心脏、血管、神经和其他器官。 

The study, recently published in the publication Lancet, found that around 828 million people aged 18 and older had diabetes worldwide in 2022. Among those 30 and older, the study said 445 million, or 59 percent, were not receiving treatment. 

这项最近发表在《柳叶刀》杂志上的研究发现，到 2022 年，全球 18 岁及以上的人约有 8.28 亿患有糖尿病。研究称，在 30 岁及以上的人中，有 4.45 亿人（即 59%）没有接受治疗。 

The study was done by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration and the World Health Organization (WHO). It is the first worldwide evaluation based on more than 1,000 studies involving more than 140 million people. 

该研究由非传染性疾病风险因素协作组织和世界卫生组织 (WHO) 共同完成。这是首次基于 1,000 多项研究（涉及超过 1.4 亿人）的全球评估。

The WHO estimated that the number of people living with diabetes worldwide rose from 200 million in 1990 to about 830 million in 2022. The study’s researchers say the increase has been caused largely by rising cases in low- and middle-income countries. Treatments in those countries have not kept up with the rise, while the situation has improved in some higher-income countries. 

世界卫生组织估计，全球糖尿病患者人数从 1990 年的 2 亿增加到 2022 年的约 8.3 亿。该研究的研究人员表示，这一增长主要是由于低收入和中等收入国家的病例增加造成的。这些国家的治疗水平没有跟上增长的步伐，而一些高收入国家的情况有所改善。 

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement that the increase shown in the study was shocking. “To bring the global diabetes epidemic under control, countries must urgently take action," he said. Those actions should include policies supporting healthy diets and physical activity, as well as health systems that can prevent, ident