每日英語 #005 - 減少年輕人接觸含糖飲料的機會

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原文及翻譯

Reducing Access to Sugary Beverages Among Young People

減少年輕人接觸含糖飲料的機會

Sugar-sweetened beverages” (drinks made sweeter with sugar) are the largest source of added sugars in the “diet” (what people eat and drink each day) of U.S. “youth” (children and teenagers).

「含糖飲料」（用糖變甜的飲料）是美國「年輕人」（兒童和青少年）日常「飲食」（人們每天吃喝的東西）中添加糖的最大來源。

Drinking these beverages increases the “intake” (putting into the body) of “calories” (units of energy for the body), which “contributes to” (adds to) “obesity” (being very fat or overweight) among youth across the country.

飲用這些飲料會增加「熱量」（供身體使用的能量單位）的「攝入量」（進入身體），這導致全國各地的年輕人「肥胖」（非常肥胖或超重）。

In the United States, childhood obesity has more than “tripled” (multiplied by three; x 3) in the past 30 years.

在過去30年中，美國的兒童肥胖率增加了「三倍」。

In recent “decades” (periods of 10 years), drinking of sugar-sweetened beverages among children and teenagers has also increased.

近幾個「十年」（10年的一個時期）中，兒童和青少年飲用含糖飲料的情況也有所增加。

A national 2010 “survey” (questionnaire; piece of research) showed that although water, milk, and 100% fruit juice were the beverages most commonly “consumed” (drunken) during the seven days before the survey, daily drinking of regular soda, sports drinks, and other sugar-sweetened drinks were also very common.

2010年的一項全國「調查」（問卷調查；研究）顯示，儘管在調查前七天，水、牛奶和100%果汁是最常被「消費」（飲用）的飲料，但日常飲用普通汽水、運動飲料和其他含糖飲料也非常普遍。

Parents should help children and teenagers to make healthy beverage choices by making available or only buying certain drinks at the store.

父母應該通過提供或只購買店裡的特定飲料來幫助兒童和青少年做出健康的飲料選擇。

By doing this, parents can encourage their children to drink water and low-fat or fat-free milk, and/or limited amounts of 100% fruit juices.

這樣一來，父母可以鼓勵他們的孩子飲用水、低脂或無脂牛奶，和/或有限量的100%果汁。

Since young people spend a “significant portion” (large part) of each “weekday” (Monday through Friday) in school, making sure that healthy beverage choices are available—and that less “nutritious” (good for the body) ones are not—is “critical” (very important).

由於年輕人每個「工作日」（週一至週五）都花了相當大一部分時間在學校裡，確保提供健康的飲料選擇——並且不提供較不「營養豐富」（對身體有益）的飲料——是「至關重要的」（非常重要）。

“Implementing” (establishing) school “policies” (rules) that “restrict” (limit) access to sugar-sweetened beverages is an especially important for reducing childhood obesity and improving students' nutritional health.

「實施」（建立）學校「政策」（規則），「限制」（限制）接觸含糖飲料的機會，對於減少兒童肥胖和改善學生的營養健康尤為重要。

重要單字及解釋

1. Diet [ˈdaɪət] - 飲食
2. Youth [juːθ] - 年輕人
3. Intake [ˈɪnteɪk] - 攝入量
4. Obesity [əˈbisəti] - 肥胖
5. Decades [ˈdɛkeɪdz] - 十年
6. Survey [ˈsɜrˌveɪ] - 調查
7. Consumed [kənˈsjuːmd] - 消費，飲用
8. Implementing [ˈɪmplɪˌmɛntɪŋ] - 實施
9. Policies [ˈpɒlɪsiz] - 政策
10. Restrict [rɪˈstrɪkt] - 限制
11. Nutritious [njuːˈtrɪʃəs] - 有營養的
12. Critical [ˈkrɪtɪkəl] - 至關重要的