Laederach Kurt
Universitätspoliklinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung, Universitätsspital Bern, Switzerland.
Ther Umsch. 2013 Feb;70(2):61-72. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000366.
Morbid obesity is by many seen as one of the biggest challenges to public health in the 21st Century. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes it as the "epidemic of the 21st Century". It is entitled as a major cause of non-communicable chronic diseases and premature deaths. Here, the trend is still increasing: Overweight and obesity do not only pose a serious health problem in industrialized nations, but increasingly also in developing countries. According to WHO the cost estimates of this epidemic is approximated to several billion dollars per year. Also for the cost the tendency is still rising.
许多人认为病态肥胖是21世纪公共卫生面临的最大挑战之一。世界卫生组织（WHO）将其描述为“21世纪的流行病”。它被认为是非传染性慢性病和过早死亡的主要原因。目前，这种趋势仍在上升：超重和肥胖不仅在工业化国家构成严重的健康问题，在发展中国家也日益如此。据世卫组织估计，这种流行病每年造成的损失约为数十亿美元。而且就成本而言，这种趋势仍在上升。
