现在越来越多人意识到吃糖太多对身体的不利影响非常大，现代人很多疾病和衰老都是因为摄入太多糖分，但是我们的生活却充斥着各种含糖食品。
比如，新加坡社会快速老龄化以及人们喜欢在廉价快餐店就餐，部分导致了新加坡是全球糖尿病发病率最高的国家之一。
最近，新加坡的卫生部高级部长表示，高糖及含糖量中到高的饮料包装正面必须贴上标签，以表明它们是不健康的。
为了减少疾病，新加坡也将成为世界首个禁止高糖饮料广告的国家。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 意识 | yì shí | (usu. followed by 到) to be aware of; to realize |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 糖 | táng | sugar |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | one's health |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 不利 | bù lì | unfavorable / disadvantageous / harmful / detrimental |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times / modern age / modern era |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 衰老 | shuāi lǎo | to age / to deteriorate with age |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 摄入 | shè rù | to take in / to absorb / to consume |
| 糖分 | táng fèn | sugar content |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of / to flood / to congest |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 含 | hán | to keep in the mouth / to contain |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 新加坡 | Xīn jiā pō | Singapore |
| 社会 | shè huì | society |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 老龄化 | lǎo líng huà | aging (population) |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 廉价 | lián jià | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 快餐 | kuài cān | fast food / snack / quick meal |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 就餐 | jiù cān | to dine; to have one's meal |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 全球 | quán qiú | worldwide; global |
| 糖尿病 | táng niào bìng | diabetes; diabetes mellitus |
| 发病率 | fā bìng lǜ | incidence of a disease / disease rate |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 卫生部 | Wèi shēng bù | Ministry of Health |
| 高级 | gāo jí | high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking |
| 部长 | bù zhǎng | head of a department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 及 | jí | and |
| 含糖量 | hán táng liàng | sugar content; the amount of sugar contained in food or drink |
| 中 | zhōng | middle; center |
| 饮料 | yǐn liào | drink / beverage |
| 包装 | bāo zhuāng | packaging; packing materials |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front / obverse side / right side |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick / to paste / to post / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize |
| 上 | shàng | (directional complement) up |
| 标签 | biāo qiān | label / tag / (computing) tab (GUI element) |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 首 | shǒu | first |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit / to forbid / to ban |
| 高糖 | gāo táng | high-sugar; containing a high amount of sugar |
| 广告 | guǎng gào | a commercial / advertisement |