Recognising obesity as a chronic disease with severe complications rather than a lifestyle choice "should help reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by many people with obesity," he adds.

认识到肥胖是一种伴有严重并发症的慢性疾病，而不是一种生活方式的选择，“应该有助于减少许多肥胖人士所经历的耻辱和歧视。”他补充道。

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As with most health benefits, it comes down to lifestyle, rather than how much you can afford to spend on products.

获得最大的健康之益这个目标成为了人们的生活方式，而他们从不去考虑能为购买这些产品负担多少。

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He believed that a lifestyle based on an innate propensity rather than a conscious choice is far more difficult to condemn.

他相信，建立在与生俱来的倾向习性的基础上的生活方式，与自觉选择而形成的生活方式对比，是更不应该被指责的。

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When customs authorities in Brussels confiscated the biggest ever seizure of illegal medicines in Europe last year, it was anti-malaria pills headed for Africa that they intercepted, rather than lifestyle drugs.

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The concern is echoed by charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer, whose own research last year found that women were unaware of the underlying causes of breast cancer, falsely believing that most cases were due to family history rather than lifestyle or other factors.

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