原文：https://vegnews.com/2020/5/brooklyn-borough-president-partners-with-more-than-40-doctors-to-urge-people-of-color-to-go-vegan

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BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN 40 DOCTORS TO URGE PEOPLE OF COLOR TO GO VEGAN

纽约市布鲁克林区长与四十多名医生开展合作，积极鼓励有色人种成为纯素食者

Vegan politician Eric Adams aims to raise awareness about how following a plant-based diet can alleviate illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is killing New Yorkers of color at a disproportionate rate.

纽约有色人种（非白人）目前感染COVID-19（2019冠状病毒病）死亡的人数不成比例，死亡率偏高。考虑到COVID-19疫情肆虐的情况，美国政治家埃里克·亚当斯（Eric Adams）身为一名纯素食者，以身作则致力于提高公众的健康意识──了解植物性饮食如何能够缓解各种疾病，包括糖尿病、心脏病、高血压、等等。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

MAY 8, 2020

2020年5月8日

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams—along with a team of more than 40 medical doctors—recently released a public service announcement to encourage New Yorkers of color to go vegan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Black residents make up 22 percent of the population of New York City but account for 28 percent of deaths related to COVID-19. Latinos make up 29 percent of the NYC population but account for 34 percent of COVID-19 fatalities. Approximately 89 percent of people that perish from COVID-19 have at least one underlying condition such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension—illnesses that communities of color experience at a higher rate, due to many complex factors, than other demographics.

为了有效应对当前COVID-19疾病大流行，纽约市布鲁克林区长埃里克·亚当斯最近和40多名医生联手推出了一则公益广告，大力宣传激励纽约有色人种成为纯素食者。黑人居民占纽约市人口的22%，但有28%的COVID-19死者是黑人；拉丁裔人占纽约市人口的29%，但有34%的COVID-19死者是拉丁裔人。大约89%的COVID-19死亡人员生前至少患有一种慢性病，如肥胖症、糖尿病、心脏病、高血压等──由于许多复杂因素的影响，有色人群比其他人群更容易出现这些慢性疾病。

“Whole food, plant-based nutrition made it possible for me to reverse type 2 diabetes—in just a few months,” Plant Powered Metro New York Latina Community Organizer Maribel Felipe said. “As an Afro-Latina, I feel the weight of my communities struggling with chronic illness, now intensified by COVID-19. But we don’t need to suffer when we put our ancestral plant foods back on our plates. Let’s follow the evidence and build power with healthy plant-based eating.”

“植物赋能纽约大都市”（PPMNY）组织的拉丁裔社区组织者玛丽贝尔·费利佩（Maribel Felipe）说道：“全食植物性营养（whole food, plant-based nutrition）让我能够在区区几个月内就逆转了2型糖尿病。现在的COVID-19疾病大流行，使已经饱受慢性病困扰的社区人们雪上加霜。作为一名拉丁裔黑人，我能感觉到他们所承受的沉重压力。但是我们不需要受苦受难，只要将我们祖先流传下来的植物食品放回到我们的盘子里。让我们遵循（科学饮食的）证据，利用健康的植物性饮食增强我们的力量。”

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams has been involved in distributing plant-based meals to New Yorkers in need. In 2016, Adams transitioned to a plant-based diet in 2016 after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, symptoms of which he has drastically reduced since going vegan. During his career as Brooklyn Borough President, Adams successfully launched several plant-based initiatives, including spearheading a plant-based medicine program within the city’s largest medical system NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.

COVID-19疫情爆发后，亚当斯一直参与向有需要的纽约人免费分发植物性餐食的活动。在2016年被诊断出患有2型糖尿病后，亚当斯过渡到了植物性饮食；自从成为纯素食者之后，他的糖尿病症状得到了非常明显的改善。在担任布鲁克林区长职务期间，亚当斯成功推行了多项植物性计划，其中包括领导实施纽约市最大医疗系统“纽约卫生+医院/表维”（NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue）的植物性医疗计划。

“The increased suffering faced by people of color from COVID-19 is the result of structural racism in the health care system, as well as the food system,” Adams said. “Disproportionate numbers of deaths in black and brown communities from chronic disease predate the current crisis. While we fight for large-scale changes to improve healthcare, we must also take action immediately by improving the availability and consumption of the foods that we eat.”

“COVID-19疫情增加了有色人种的更多苦难，这也是卫生保健体系以及食品体系中的结构性种族主义（structural racism）所造成的后果，”亚当斯说道。“早在当前危机发生之前，黑人和棕色人种社区的慢性病死亡率就居高不下。虽然我们在为提高卫生保健水平努力进行大规模变革，但是同时我们也必须立即采取有效措施，改善我们的食品供应和消费行为。”