英國去年4萬人胖到換關節 其中包括7名青少年

More than 41,000 overweight people needed joint replacement operations last year as the UK health chiefs warn of a national crisis of obesity.

去年英國有超過4.1萬名肥胖者需要接受關節置換手術，主管健康的官員警告稱，該國或面臨肥胖危機。

Patients going for surgery to replace knees or hips has soared six times in just eight years, from 6,191 in 2009-2010 to 41,761 in 2017-2018.

僅8年間，接受膝關節或髖關節置換手術的患者數量增加了6倍，從2009-2010年度的6191人增至2017-2018年度的41761人。

Seven teenage girls were included in the number and the 600% rise in such procedures is costing the National Health Service 200 million pounds a year.

這其中有7人還是十來歲的少女，關節置換手術增加6倍致使英國國家醫療服務體系每年花費2億英鎊。

Health officials called the findings of The Sunday Times investigation "horrifying" and warned of a "national obesity crisis".

健康官員稱，《星期日泰晤士報》的這一調查發現“令人震驚”，並警告稱可能會出現“全國性的肥胖危機”。

Theresa May and Health Secretary Matt Hancock will launch a scheme to pump an extra 20.5 billion pounds a year into the health service by 2023-2024.

特雷莎·梅和衛生部長馬特·漢考克將啓動一項計劃，到2023年至2024年,每年爲衛生服務額外增加205億英鎊。

But National Obesity Forum chairman Tam Fry said that action should have been taken 'years ago' and accused successive governments of failing to act.

但全國肥胖論壇主席譚·福萊表示，早在幾年前就應該採取行動，並指責歷屆政府沒有采取行動。

The investigation found that over the past year, 25,577 patients underwent hip or knee replacements in which obesity was the main or second most important factor.

該調查發現，在過去一年中，有25577名患者接受了髖關節或膝關節置換術，其中肥胖是主要或第二重要因素。