So it should be no surprise that noncommunicable diseases (NCD's), including cardiovascular diseases (CVD's), obesity, diabetes and cancer, now kill roughly 33 million people around the world each year, and cause almost 60% of total deaths. Indeed, they account for almost half the global burden of disease.
所以，如心血管疾病、肥胖症、糖尿病和癌症等非传染性疾病每年要夺取3300万人的性命，约占每年死亡总人数的60%，这也没什么奇怪的。确实如此，这些与食用糖有关的疾病约占到全球疾病的一半。