Diabetes affects more than one in 10 Americans, with the numbers projected to keep climbing. The chronic disease can mean frequent needle jabs to test blood sugar levels—and costly treatments. And there is still no cure in sight.
每10个美国人里有一个人就患有糖尿病，这个比例还在逐年增加。这种慢性疾病需要经常抽血检测血糖含量，治疗也花费不菲。而且现在还没有治愈的方法。
But recently, researchers have found that a number of lifestyle factors up the odds of getting type 2 diabetes. These factors include obesity, a poor diet, lack of physical activity, cigarettes and too much alcohol.
但最近，研究人员发现几种会增加II型糖尿病患病率的生活方式。包括肥胖、饮食不健康、缺少锻炼、吸烟和酗酒。
So, how much can cutting out these vices lower the need for insulin injections in the future? A lot, says a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
那么，改变这些不良生活习惯能多大程度减少患糖尿病的机率呢？答案是会很大程度上减少患病机率，这项研究发表在最新的《内科学年报》上。
Researchers followed the health of more than 200,000 adults aged 50 to 71 over 11 years. The risk of developing diabetes over the study period was about 10 percent for men and 8 percent for women. But each healthful behavior—say, getting plenty of exercise—lowered the risk of developing diabetes by as much as 39 percent in women and 31 percent in men. The trick, of course, is to successfully motivate people to chance their current behavior in order to avoid a diabetic future.
研究人员在11年里，跟踪调查了超过20万50~71岁之间的成年人。在这一研究期间，男人罹患糖尿病的比率大约是10%，女人是8%。但一种健康的生活习惯，比如保持足够的锻炼，会减低女人患糖尿病机率的39%，男人患病机率的31%。当然，其中的诀窍就是让人们改变他们的生活习惯，避免患上麻烦的糖尿病。