衛生部：30年間中國兒童平均增高6厘米
[ 2006-12-31 09:53 ]
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一項最新研究顯示：我國兒童生長發育水平20年來有明顯提高，并呈現逐年加快的趨勢。我國兒童30年平均長高6厘米，并且還會繼續增長。不過，調查結果也反映出了兒童生長發育方面值得關注的問題：一是城鄉差異仍然存在，農村兒童的生長發育水平仍然低于城市兒童；二是中西部地區部分農村，營養不良仍然是影響兒童生長發育和健康的主要原因；三是城市中兒童超重和肥胖呈快速上升的趨勢。 |
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China
as a nation has grown in stature
since unleashing its economy more than two decades ago but so have its people,
who are getting taller, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Chinese children are
an average 6 cm (2.34 inches) taller and roughly 3 kg (6.6 pounds) heavier than
they were 30 years ago, Xinhua said, citing a report released by the Ministry of
Health on Saturday.
The average height of six-year-old boys grew from 112.3 centimeters in 1975
to 118.7 cm, according to the survey conducted in 2005.
Girls averaged 117.7 cm tall, 6.2 cm more than in 1975, the survey said. The
survey has been conducted every 10 years since 1975.
China's people suffered from decades of privation, but have seen incomes and
nutrition blossom more recently.
The survey polled 138,775 children in urban and suburban areas of nine major
cities, including Beijing and Shanghai.
The average weight of boys in 2005 was 21.7 kg, up 3 kg from 1975, while
girls averaged 20.8 kg -- 2.7 kgs heavier, Xinhua said.
Being better fed has brought problems, however, including an alarming rise in
obesity -- once unheard of in China
-- and related illnesses such as diabetes.
Health officials have blamed the problem on reduced consumption of grains and
vegetables in favor of more fatty junk
foods.
Saturday's report pointed out some adjustments made necessary by China's
growth spurt, including Beijing's move this year to raise the height under which
children get free public bus rides.
Despite the better nutrition in cities, countless children in China's
still-backward rural areas suffered from malnutrition, the report noted.
（Agencies）
Vocabulary:
stature：height（身高，身材）
nutrition：營養
obesity：肥胖
junk
food：垃圾食品
（英語點津陳蓓編輯） |
