但現正發生嘅事就係慢性病開始全球化 其他國家嘅人嘅飲食同生活方式 甚至死亡方式 都開始同我哋相似 例如短短一代人嘅時間 亞洲已經由其中一個心臟病 、 肥胖 同糖尿病發病率極低嘅地區 變成發病率極高嘅地區 喺非洲 ， 患心血管疾病嘅人數 等同於喺大多數國家 死於愛滋病嘅人數
But what is happening now is that chronic diseases are becoming globalized, and people in other countries are starting to have similar diets and lifestyles and even the patterns of death that we have, for example, in just a generation, Asia has gone from being one of the regions with very low rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes to one with very high rates of disease, and in Africa, the number of people suffering from cardiovascular disease is equal to the number of people dying from AIDS in most countries