The researchers say increased importance should be given to chronic diseases of the brain and mind.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

People lived shorter lives and so they didn't get far enough into the age span to suffer from the chronic diseases that people are suffering more today.

当时的人寿命比较短所以他们,活不到现代人那么长,长得足以患上那些慢性疾病

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Again, these are chronic diseases the people get.

强调一下,这些都是慢性疾病

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"Today,about 85 percent of the burden of chronic diseases is concentrated in low and middle income countries,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

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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"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

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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"We do have this explosion of chronic diseases related to obesity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

That you put together diseases of the heart, cancer, stroke, and then chronic respiratory diseases, those first top four are accounting for a huge number of deaths.

心脏病,癌症,中风,和慢性呼吸道疾病,这四大疾病加起来造成了大量死亡

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Across the spectrum of health and health care including mortality, access to care and use of services, prevention,population health, health status,adolescent health, chronic diseases, special health care needs and organ transplantation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Now in some--in the chronic respiratory diseases there's some infection but most of the other things are caused by lifestyle or by other factors, not the infectious diseases.

如今一些,如慢性呼吸道疾病,有一些是传染所得,但大多数,都是生活方式或其他因素导致的,而不是感染性疾病

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Susan Mills-Gray specializes in preventing chronic diseases.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"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

"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

Many different diseases, conditions and injuries can cause chronic pain, from back problems to burns.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Many different diseases,conditions and injuries can cause chronic pain, from back problems to burns.

VOA: special.2009.02.10