Fortunately, these disease share a limited number of risk factors linked to behaviours that can be modified: tobacco use, improper diet, lack of physical activity, and the harmful use of alcohol.

幸运的是，这些疾病共同涉及与可以改变的行为相关联的一些为数有限的风险因素：烟草使用、不恰当饮食、缺乏运动和酒精的有害使用。

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"We see an increasing number of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders from middle and higher socio-economic groups coming to our private practice," he says.

“我们发现，来私人诊所就诊的胎儿酒精谱系障碍儿童中，来自中、上社会经济群体的数量正在上升，”他说。

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The WHO has a plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. It includes raising taxes on alcohol, reducing the number of places to buy alcohol and raising the drinking age.

世卫组织出台了一项降低有害饮酒的计划，包括提高酒精税，减少酒类销售场所数量，提高允许饮酒的年龄。

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Drinking large amounts of alcohol over long periods of time has also been linked to a number of cancers.

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The study also found that alcohol drinking disabled a large number of people around the world.

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Between 2004 and 2010, the number of alcohol-related assault victims arriving for treatment fell by 30%.

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The number of alcohol-related highway fatalities, meanwhile, dropped from 20, 000 in 1980 to 9, 878 in 2011, the NTSB said.

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The Global Post apparently believes that even though the number of alcohol poisonings is sharply lower than it was earlier in the decade, the overall level of mortality associated with alcohol is completely unchanged.

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