VOA常速讲解2010-4-27第345期.pdf

VOA常速讲解2010-4-27 第345 期 QIHUI 制作 可可英语: VOA : , VOA : , VVOOAA常速讲解附字幕::母亲越高,,孩子越健康 查看原文 第一部分：原文中英对照 Taller mothers are more likely tohave 身材越高的母亲，孩子更加健康的可能性越 children who are healthier —indeed, their 大——的确，与比较矮的母亲生的孩子相 children are more likely not just tothrive, but 比，她们的孩子更有可能不仅茁壮成长，而 survive survive tossuurrvviivvee — compared tochildren ofshorter 且活的更长。该结果来自对中低收入国家数 mothers. Thefindings come from a massive 百万儿童进行的大规模的研究。 new studyofmillions of children inlow- and middle-income countries. The keyfinding ofthis paper was toshow a consistent consistent ccoonnssiisstteenntt association between maternal “这篇论文最关键的发现就是表明母亲身高 height height hheeiigghhttand offspringhealth, which was mainly 和后代健康之间存在一致的联系，这一点主 defined interms ofoffspring mortalitybyage 要体现在5岁时后代的死亡率和经历成长不 five and the risk of experiencinga failure in 足的危险。”哈佛大学公共卫生部门的S.V. growth, says S.V. Subramanian of the Subramanian 表示。他是这份研究的首席作 Harvard School of Public Health. He is the 者。研究结果发表在美国医学协会杂志上。 lead author ofthe study, published this week inJAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. 母亲的身高反映出一生的营养和社会因素， Amothers height reflects a lifetime of 这可以影响他的健康和成长。 nutritional and social factors that can influence herhealth and, thus, growth. combine combine Subramanian and his colleagues ccoommbbiinneedthe Subramanian和他的同事对54个国家100多 results of more th