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A new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity. People with obesity are considered medically overweight.

一项新研究估计，目前全球有超过 10 亿人患有肥胖症。 肥胖者在医学上被认为是超重。 

The study, published in the medical publication The Lancet, said that one in eight people are obese. Researchers said around 43 percent of adults were overweight in 2022. 

这项发表在医学出版物《柳叶刀》上的研究称，八分之一的人患有肥胖症。 研究人员表示，到 2022 年，大约 43% 的成年人体重超重。 

Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, the study found. Among young people aged five to 19, the obesity rate increased by four times during the same period. 

研究发现，自 1990 年以来，全球成人肥胖率增加了一倍多。 在5岁至19岁的年轻人中，肥胖率同期增加了四倍。 

“A staggering number of people are living with obesity,” declared the lead writer of the study, Majid Ezzati. He is a professor at Imperial College London. 

该研究的主要作者马吉德·埃扎蒂 (Majid Ezzati) 表示：“肥胖的人数惊人。” 他是伦敦帝国理工学院的教授。 

Severe obesity is strongly linked to a long list of health problems and an early death. 

严重肥胖与一系列健康问题和早逝密切相关。 

Researchers used data from more than 3,600 population studies involving 222 million people, The Lancet reported. The study “measured height and weight in representative samples of the general population,” the researchers said. 

据《柳叶刀》报道，研究人员使用了 3,600 多项人口研究的数据，涉及 2.22 亿人。 研究人员表示，这项研究“测量了一般人群的代表性样本的身高和体重”。 

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that it shared data with other international researchers and helped to create the report. 

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