Dr.James Hospedales is a chronic disease expert at the WHO.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

By the way, if we go back to this, another big part of disease--chronic disease that's related to diet, is the physical activity part of the equation.

顺便一说 我们回过去看,大多数疾病,与饮食有关的慢性疾病,与一个关于肢体运动的方程式有关

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

It worked for them, they didn't have all these chronic diseases like we have, now they had other challenges, infectious diseases primarily, but they didn't have the chronic diseases like we have, like cancer, heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, etc., and Diabetes particularly.

这曾对祖先们奏效,他们不像我们会得一些慢性疾病,但他们要面对其他的挑战,主要是传染性疾病,但他们不像我们那样受着慢性疾病的困扰,如癌症,心脏病,高血压和高脂血等,特别是糖尿病

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Since it is such an important part of diets around the world, researchers like Qi Sun are now looking at its relationship to chronic disease.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

Chronic diseases have a major role in the healthcare costs, so if you look at these chronic diseases, heart disease, stroke, cancer and Diabetes we find that seven out of ten of all deaths are now due to chronic diseases, whereas, it was a very small fraction in 1900.

慢性疾病是医保费用中的一个大头,你看看这些慢性疾病,心脏病,中风,癌症和糖尿病,就会发现如今十分之七的死亡,都是源于慢性疾病,然而,这在1900年仅占很小一部分

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"More and more I realize that actually chronic disease prevention is very important and also that diet is one of the most important risk factors for chronic diseases."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

Like indigenous groups and poor communities around the world, Australia's Aborigines are considered to be more vulnerable to the H1N1 flu than other groups because they suffer higher rates of chronic disease.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

"While our study shows that this might not be sufficient to maintain normal weight, it clearly is sufficient to reduce the risk of developing many chronic diseases, including heart disease, certain types of cancer, type two diabetes."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Mohammad Akhter,Executive Director of the National Medical Association, said reform is needed to deal with an explosion of chronic disease in the United States, adding that failure to pass a bill now would mean more expense for the country later.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Reagan hopes that someday it will be possible to change the status of Alzheimer's from the lethal condition that destroyed his father's mind, to a chronic disease that victims and their families can manage with dignity and even hope.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"Just imagine,a severe pandemic coming at such a fragile time in a world where there are many people suffering from chronic diseases like heart disease, lung disease,including asthma, cancers,with many more people suffering from HIV, obesity and the list goes on,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused by years of smoking.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Smoking also causes forty-two percent of cases of chronic respiratory disease, including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

"Big deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth." Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, as well as asthmatic bronchitis.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The new report says widespread obesity is increasing the rates of chronic, or long-lasting,disease.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Chronic stress has been linked to high blood pressure and heart disease.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

C.O.P.D.,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Meet Dr.Francis Welch, a retired dentist and now a patient diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease stems from emphysema and chronic bronchitis, as well as asthmatic bronchitis.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

The same thing a doctor would take." They learn how to diagnose and manage common illnesses like colds,or chronic problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The study found that half the women who died were obese and that 56 percent had a chronic illness, such as high blood pressure, heart disease or asthma.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23