The report, which described a dramatic correlation between countries COVID-19 death and obesity rates, found that 90% or 2.2 million of the 2.5 million deaths from the pandemic so far were in countries with high levels of obesity.

該報告描述了各國新冠肺炎死亡率和肥胖率之間的重大關聯，指出目前全球約250萬染疫病故者中，有220萬人是在高度肥胖的國家，相當於病故總人數的9成。

Olivia Barata Cavalcanti is a doctor and director of science and programs at the World Obesity Federation. "So, this is not exactly surprising.

世界肥胖聯盟科學與計畫主任Olivia Barata Cavalcanti博士表示, 令人驚訝的並非這一點。

The surprising part is that governments haven't really act on obesity until now.

「令人驚訝的是，政府直到現在才針對肥胖問題採取行動。」

So now we have this perfect storm of obesity pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic."

因而導致了肥胖症風暴和新冠肺炎疫情。

The study analyzed the COVID-19 death figures from Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory data on obesity.

研究分析美國約翰霍普金斯大學彙整的新冠肺炎病故數據，以及世界衛生組織全球衛生觀察站的肥胖相關資料。

Strikingly, the authors said, there is no example of a country where people are generally not overweight or obese, having high COVID-19 death rates.

作者表示令人震驚的是，所有新冠肺炎死亡率的國家, 都有超重或肥胖人口的問題。

The report found that in the US and Britain, for example, both COVID-19 death rates and obesity levels were among the highest.

報告指出，以美國和英國為例，新冠肺炎死亡率和肥胖率在全球都名列前茅。

John Wilding is a professor of medicine at Britain's University of Liverpool and president of the World Obesity Federation.

John Wilding 是英國利物浦大學醫學系教授及世界肥胖聯盟主席。

"I think it's really important that countries around the world work together, to put into place systematic approaches to both prevent and treat obesity.

「我認為全球共同努力至關重要，採取系統性的解決方案，預防並治療肥胖症。

This means making changes to food systems, transport systems and providing good health care options for people living with obesity, so that they can access effective interventions."

這意味著改變食品系統、運輸系統，並為肥胖症患者提供良好的保健選擇，使他們能獲得有效的干預措施。」

Wilding says obesity should be recognized as a key COVID-19 health risk and taken into account in vaccination plans.

Wilding表示，肥胖應該被視為新冠肺炎重要健康風險，疫苗接種計畫也應將肥胖納入考量。