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喝水能帮助儿童对付肥胖问题

时间:2014-06-27 08:33:26

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   Children should be given only water to drink with meals to help tackle the obesity1 crisis, experts argue.

  专家认为,儿童在吃饭的时候应仅喝水以帮助解决肥胖问题。
  A group of nutritional2 scientists said sugary drinks were empty calories and people had got "out of the habit of drinking water" with meals.
  The call comes as Public Health England prepares to publish its plans for cutting the nation's sugar intake3.
  Sugar producer AB Sugar said "demonising one ingredient" would not "solve the obesity epidemic4".
  Dr Julian Cooper, head of food science at AB Sugar, said targeting sugar was not a "silver bullet" and people should balance their calorie intake against how much they exercise.
  Advice currently states that no more than 11% of daily calories should come from sugars added by the manufacturer or chef as well as that from honey, syrup(糖浆,果汁) and fruit juice. The figure is 10% if alcohol is excluded.
  All age groups, particularly children, struggle to meet that target in the UK.
  Scientists speaking before Public Health England's announcement argued there were no easy solutions to tackling obesity.
  However, they rounded on sugary drinks.
  "Chose something else," said Prof Susan Jebb, of the University of Oxford5.
  "It comes back to simple advice to parents - encourage your children to drink water.
  "Once they've been weaned, 'children should be drinking water' is absolutely the message. Milk is fine, but that should be the mainstay of our advice."
  Prof Tom Sanders, the head of diabetes6 and nutritional sciences division at King's College London, said: "Kids should get into the habit of drinking water.
  "The problem is people don't drink water anymore. I think families should put water on the table, not pop, [which] should be a treat."
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1 obesity Dv1ya     
n.肥胖,肥大
参考例句:
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
2 nutritional 4HRxN     
adj.营养的,滋养的
参考例句:
  • A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
  • The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
3 intake 44cyQ     
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
参考例句:
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
4 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
参考例句:
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
5 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津(英国城市)
参考例句:
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
6 diabetes uPnzu     
n.糖尿病
参考例句:
  • In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者,医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
  • Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。