英语听力文摘 English Digest 573、帮助小孩减肥的最佳方法！

 　　What’s The Best Way To Help Kids Lose Weight?

 

　　You’ve probably heard that something like a third of all kids in the United States are overweight or obese¹. And you’ve probably also heard or read about all sorts of possible solutions: getting rid of sugary snacks and sodas² in schools, changing the home food environment, proper parenting skills to promote weight loss…

 

　　But according a recent study, there’s only really one proven way to help kids lose weight, and that’s by parents losing weight themselves.

 

　　Now, of course, not all overweight kids have overweight parents who need to or even should try to lose weight. But other studies have shown that being overweight or obese tends to run in families. And as the recent study suggests, parents setting³ a weight loss example is far and away the best method for helping⁴ kids slim down.

 

　　The researchers looked at eighty 8 to 12 year old overweight or obese children and their parents. The parent child pairs participated in a parent only or a parent plus child weight treatment program for five months.

 

　　The programs focused on various techniques, including introducing more healthful foods into the home, limiting how much kids ate, exercising with the child, and parent weight loss. The study concluded that it was the latter that was most effective.

 

　　And it’s not difficult to fathom⁵ why. It’s one thing to tell your kids to eat less junk and more vegetables and be more active. But if you’re not following your own advice, why should your kids? If, though, you talk the talk and walk the walk, shedding⁶ pounds becomes less of a burden and more something that parents and kids do together.

 

　　帮助孩子减肥的最好方法是什么？

 

　　你可能听说过美国有三分之一的孩子均体型过胖。你也可能听说过或阅读过一些各种各样的关于减肥方法的论断或文章，比如，在学校杜绝含糖零食和苏打水，改变家庭饮食环境，采用正确的教育方式来帮助孩子减肥。

 

　　但最近的一项调查显示，经证明，只有一种方法能够帮助孩子减肥，那就是父母自己首先要减肥。

 

　　当然不是所有体型过胖的孩子的父母因为自己本身超重需要甚至应该努力去减肥的。但其它研究显示，超重或者肥胖现象会在家族中蔓延。最新的调查表明，父母为孩子树立减肥的榜样无疑是帮助孩子减肥最好的方法。

 

　　研究人员调查了80名8至12岁体型超重的儿童及他们的父母。父母和孩子一同参与了为期五个月的仅有父母或父母和孩子的减肥治疗计划。

 

　　该计划集中了不同的减肥手段，包括在家中食用更健康的食物，控制孩子的饮食，与孩子一起运动，家长一同减肥等。研究结论表明，最后一种减肥效果最为显著。

 

　　想要了解其中原因也不难。让你的孩子少吃垃圾食品多吃蔬菜多运动是一回事。但是如果你自己都做不到这些，为什么你的孩子要做到呢？如果你能身体力行的话，那么减肥便不在是种负担而是父母和孩子可以一起做的事。

1 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

2 sodas   

n.苏打( soda的名词复数 )；碱；苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• There are plenty of sodas in the refrigerator. 冰箱里有很多碳酸饮料。 来自辞典例句
• Two whisky and sodas, please. 请来两杯威士忌苏打。 来自辞典例句

3 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 fathom   

v.领悟，彻底了解

参考例句：

• I really couldn't fathom what he was talking about.我真搞不懂他在说些什么。
• What these people hoped to achieve is hard to fathom.这些人希望实现些什么目标难以揣测。

6 shedding   

n.脱落，蜕落v.流出( shed的现在分词 )；流下；蜕皮；树叶脱落

参考例句：

• The factory is shedding a large number of jobs. 这家工厂正大批裁员。
• The trees began shedding their leaves. 树木开始落叶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》