肥胖症的流行是全球范围内的国家安全问题吗？
Is the obesity epidemic a national security issue around the globe?
机构信息
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA.
出版信息
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2011 Oct;18(5):328-31. doi: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283471c74.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
To understand how obesity affects national security by focusing on three case study countries - the USA, China, and Mexico.
RECENT FINDINGS
Whereas in the USA and Mexico, over two-thirds of adults are overweight and obese compared to about 29% of Chinese, large increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity have occurred in all three countries in the past two decades. National security affected in the USA ranges both from an economic perspective - increasing healthcare problems and costs to the point where our labor costs have reached uncompetitive cost levels, and from a military preparedness perspective, namely our overweight soldiers are unable to perform normal activities and functions required of soldiers. In both Mexico and China, it is the economic and health system costs that are dominant concerns, both the costs of obesity-related medical care and the productivity of the work force are creating potential long-term effects on economic competitiveness.
SUMMARY
Obesity is adversely affecting the welfare, economic, and in some cases military security of these three countries.
目的综述
通过关注三个案例研究国家——美国、中国和墨西哥，了解肥胖如何影响国家安全。
最近的发现
在美国和墨西哥，超过三分之二的成年人超重和肥胖，相比之下，中国人中约有 29%的人超重和肥胖。在过去的二十年中，所有三个国家的超重和肥胖患病率都大幅上升。美国的国家安全受到影响，既包括经济方面——医疗保健问题和成本增加，导致劳动力成本达到了没有竞争力的水平，也包括军事准备方面，即我们超重的士兵无法进行士兵所需的正常活动和功能。在墨西哥和中国，肥胖相关医疗保健成本和劳动力的生产力对经济竞争力造成的潜在长期影响是主要关注点。
总结
肥胖正在对这三个国家的福利、经济，在某些情况下甚至军事安全产生不利影响。
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