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There's a feeling here I think that we need all of these efforts
我認為這些努力是非常重要的
That while regulatory efforts might be an important and necessary means to keep the momentum going and the food industry honest
管制措施在保證企業誠實方面扮演著重要且必要的作用
That part of these voluntary efforts
而這部分自愿嘗試也很重要
and rewarding companies that have really signed on to do this on a voluntary basis are also gonna be important adjuncts in this campaign
政府需要獎勵這些自愿參與的公司，這也應該納入到日程中來
So,there's considerable evidence linking dietary salt to blood pressure and cardiovascular risk
大量證據顯示，食鹽同血壓和心臟病風險關系很大
Even modest population-wide reductions in dietary salt could yield some substantial health benefits in the US
整個人口范圍內就算少量減少食鹽也會對全國產生顯著的健康好處
And the growing burden of hypertension in the US suggests that these additional efforts warranted
美國不斷嚴重的高血壓狀況顯示進行這些嘗試是需要的
I'm gonna switch to sugar and obesity and diabetes
下面轉到糖，肥胖，糖尿病
I started with salt because people know less about salt
先講鹽，是因為人們對鹽知道得較少
and a part of, I think it's important for all of us to realize that even when we're making the healthiest choices we think we can make
我希望所有人意識到哪怕是吃我們認為最健康的食物
Most of us I think are eating too much salt
大多數人仍然會攝取過多鹽
I'm gonna move to sugar and I'm gonna start by telling you how these are linked
下面轉到糖首先看下這些有什么聯系
One of the criticisms I get when I talk about salt is we have so much problems with obesity
我講鹽時，總有人評論說我們現在肥胖問題嚴重
Why should be we worried about salt? Isn't that something totally different?
那么關心鹽干什么，這完全不是一碼事
What I want you to think about is how these various trends and things that are in our food supply are actually linked
我想說的是，這些不同趨勢以及食物供給中的物質，都是相互聯系的
I talked with you a little bit about how salt is related to taste and is related to us wanting to eat more of that substance
我稍微講過鹽對味道的作用以及激發人們想吃更多的作用
Sugar has that same property
糖也有這種性質
And in fact, there's some interesting data suggesting that at least temporally we looked over the last 20 years
這里有一些有趣的數據表明至少最近這20年
Our rise in salt consumption has completely mirrored our rise in sugary beverage consumption
鹽的消費同含糖飲料的消費，呈完全相同的向上趨勢
And if you think about your own patterns of consuming food
你們可以想想自己的消費方式
It's amazing how certain types of foods trigger the need for other types of foods
特定食品會激發對其它類食品的需求
Certain types of salty foods have to be eaten with something that is sweet to wash it down
比如特定咸食品會讓人想喝甜的來解渴
And many people have pointed this out, David Kessler who was at UCSF and our dean here before
很多人都指出，包括David Kessler，他曾任教于UCSF，是我們的院長
He has pointed this out in his book as well
他也在書中指出
these are linked phenomena and are patterns of both Consuming too many calories
這些是相互聯系的現象，消費很多不健康卡路里
and consuming unhealthy varieties of calories are linked both to salt and to sugar intake and we can think of these in isolation
消費很多不健康卡路里同時，同鹽和糖攝取相聯系，這是不能孤立開來的
And so all of these, in my opinion actually are quite clearly related to the ways in which we might approach our obesity epidemic
在我看來，這些都應該同肥胖流行的研究關聯起來
