Diabetes

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processed food
Processed foods aren't just microwave meals and other ready meals
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żywności przetworzonej
on the rise
on the rise = increasing
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wzrastać
continuum
continuum something that changes slowly over time
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ciągłość / kontynułacja?
tipping point
a point when small changes become significant enough to cause a big change
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punkt zwrotny
moment, w którym szala przechyla się na jedną ze stron
dodgy
dodgy fast-food joint round the corner
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ryzykowny
fast-food joint
A joint can be almost any place where people gather. The slang term "joint" is often used to suggest that the place is not at all elegant, but small and ordinary, possibly even dirty or disreputable.
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fast-food melina
joint
It has nothing to do with chain stores. A joint may refer to a chain store or to any other kind of store or restaurant or bar.
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tania knajpa, melina
dodgy fast-food joint
I hope you aren't planning to have fried chicken again for lunch today from that dodgy fast-food joint round the corner.
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podejrzana fast-food melina
cardiovascular diseases
But people, before reaching diabetes, have too high level of sugar as well, sometimes, and that can be dangerous too – particularly causing cardiovascular diseases, which contributes to mortality too
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choroby sercowo-naczyniowe/ krążeniowy
mortality
particularly causing cardiovascular diseases, which contributes to mortality too
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śmiertelność
continuum
Diabetes is a kind of continuum. It's something that changes slowly over time.
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ciągłość / kontynułacja?
tipping point
And having a high blood-sugar level may reach a tipping point – or a point when small changes become significant enough to cause a big change – and you develop diabetes
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punkt zwrotny
big bucks
That's big bucks!
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kupa szmalu (slangowe)
big bucks
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duże pieniądze
to tackle
what can governments do – to tackle this health crisis, Alice?
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uporać się (z czymś)
tuck in
to start eating something eagerly
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wcinać
to tackle
Well, a key approach is to tackle the global rise in obesity because this addresses not only diabetes but other diseases, too, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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uporać się (z czymś)/ stawiać czoło (problemom)
uporać się (z czymś)/ stawiać czoło (problemom)
They've had a couple of problems to tackle.
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