英国《每日邮报》网站5月30日报道，有专家预测，未来10年内，肥胖将超过吸烟成为最大的致癌杀手。

Obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest cancer killer within the next decade, experts predict.

研究人员说，每年在英国肥胖已导致3.2万例癌症死亡病例。

The condition is already to blame for up to 32,000 cancer deaths in the UK each year, researchers warn.

他们说，节制饮食和锻炼，除化疗和手术外，应成为癌症的“标准”疗法。

They say diet and exercise regimes should become ‘standard’ treatment for cancer alongside chemotherapy and surgery.

哈佛大学学者们说，未来10年内，在美国和英国，肥胖将成为超过吸烟的致癌因素。

Within the next ten years in the US and the UK obesity will cause more cancers than smoking, the Harvard University academics said.

 超重不仅会增加病人罹患癌症的风险，还意味着病人的死亡几率会高出很多。

Not only does being overweight raise patients’ risk of developing cancer, it also means they are far more likely to die.

英国约四分之一的成年人有肥胖问题，但世界卫生组织预测，到2030年，这一比例将上升至三分之一。

Around a quarter of adults in Britain are obese but the World Health Organisation predicts this will rise to a third by 2030.

英国国民保健制度的负责人西蒙·史蒂文斯上周刚刚警告说，由于受超重影响，现在的孩子面临癌症、心脏病和疾病“上升的趋势”。

Only last week the head of the NHS Simon Stevens warned that today’s children faced a ‘rising tide’ of cancer, heart disease and ill health due to the effects of their excess weight.

该研究团队耗时3年，通过分析之前发表的研究以及利用计算机程序模拟未来趋势，评估了肥胖和癌症之间的关联。

The team of researchers have spent three years assessing the link between obesity and cancer by looking at previously published studies and using computer programs to model future trends.

他们警告说，受肥胖影响，部分最常见癌症的发病时间比以往提前了20年。其中一个例子是肠癌，现在成年人通常在60多岁时就会发病，而等不到80岁。

They also warn the effects of obesity mean some of the most common cancers are occurring 20 years earlier in life, than previously. This includes bowel cancer, which is typically occurring in adults in their 60s rather than their 80s.

与此同时，要求出台政策缓解肥胖问题——包括征收糖税——的呼声一再被忽视。

Yet at the same time, calls for policies to cut obesity, including a tax on sugar, have repeatedly been ignored.