5月31日午间英语新闻：15岁“减肥少女”离世，太揪心

> 15-year-old girl’s death triggering calls to end distorted aesthetics

“轻得像一床被子”！15岁“减肥少女”离世，太揪心......

In March of this year, a 15-year-old girl from Guangdong province died from severe malnutrition after going on a strict diet to lose weight. According to her father, the teenage girl, known under the assumed name Xiaoling, had not consumed  any food for nearly 50 days except for water. She was 165 cm tall and weighed only 24.8 kg.

今年3月的一天，广东省一名15岁女孩小玲（化名）因进行严格的节食减肥导致严重营养不良而去世。女孩的父亲表示，女儿近50天没吃过东西，只喝水。她身高165厘米，体重只有24.8公斤。

"She was so light. It was almost like I was picking up a quilt," said a doctor at Shenzhen Children's Hospital, who was shocked at her weight when lifting her up for a brain CT scan after she was transferred to the hospital.

女孩被转运到深圳市儿童医院后立即被推去照脑部CT，医生一过手就被震惊到了：“好轻啊，感觉在抬一床被子。”

Xiaoling, at her heaviest, weighed 52 kg, when she was in sixth grade, according to her mother. However, she became self-conscious about her weight after entering junior high school and rejected any food containing oil. The change came after Xiaoling found out that a girl who attracted the boy she had a crush on was slimmer than her, according to her classmates.

女孩母亲回忆，女儿小玲最重的时候是在六年级，大概52公斤。上了初中之后，家人发现她开始有了“体重焦虑”，并且拒绝吃任何含油的食物。据她的同学反映，小玲发现一个吸引她心仪的男孩的女孩比她苗条，于是这一变化就出现了。

After going on the unsustainable diet for one year and three months, she stopped having menstruation and was taken to the hospital by her parents. She was later diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, which is an eating disorder that makes you obsess about your weight and food. 

在坚持了1年零3个月的不可持续饮食后，小玲发现自己停止了月经，后被诊断为神经性厌食。神经性厌食症，一种有意节食导致的进食障碍。这种疾病让患者非常在意自己的体重和饮食。

This problem affects more women than men and often starts during the teenage years. The number of young women between 15 and 19 who have anorexia nervosa has increased every 10 years since 1930. Pressure to conform to a certain definition of "beautiful" can have psychological effects, such as depression, eating disorders, and low self-esteem, which can start from an adolescent age and continue into adulthood.

受这个问题影响的女性多于男性，通常始于青少年时期。自1930年以来，15至19岁的年轻女性患神经性厌食症的人数每10年就增加一次。追求“美丽”的压力会对心理产生影响，比如抑郁、饮食失调和自卑，这些症状可能从青少年时期开始，一直持续到成年。

重点词汇：

1、distorted
英/ dɪˈstɔːtɪd /
美/ dɪsˈtɔrtɪd /
adj.变形的，扭曲的；（观点，想法）受到曲解的；（声音）失真的
v.使变形，使变样；歪曲，曲解；使（电信号，声波）畸变，使失真（distort 的过去式和过去分词）

2、aesthetics
英/ iːsˈθetɪks; esˈθetɪks /
美/ esˈθetɪks /
n.美学；美学理论；艺术美

3、malnutrition
英/ ˌmælnjuˈtrɪʃ(ə)n /
美/ ˌmælnuˈtrɪʃ(ə)n /
n.营养不良

4、quilt
英/ kwɪlt /
美/ kwɪlt /
n.被子，被褥；<英>羽绒被（=duvet）；编织床罩；绝缘层，绝缘垫；被状物
v.缝被子；（为缝制床罩、保暖衣，或为装饰效果而）将（几层织物或衬料）按线条图案缝合；<澳，非正式>猛击（某人）

5、anorexia nervosa
美/ ˌænəˌrɛksɪrnɝ'vosə /
厌食症：一种以极度厌食和对体重过分关注为特征的心理障碍，通常伴随着对身体形象的扭曲认知。

> Is drinking bone broth good for you? Experts weigh in

专家谈：喝骨头汤真的有益健康吗？

While bone broth can provide some beneficial nutrients, experts don't view the popular beverage as a vital addition to your wellness regime. Made by simmering animal bones in water for a long time with vegetables, spices and sometimes other ingredients like apple cider vinegar, bone broth can be "part of the puzzle, but is not a quick fix," says Laura Ligos, a registered dietitian nutritionist and specialist in sports dietetics.

虽然骨汤可以提供一些有益的营养物质，但专家们认为这种流行饮食并不是健康必需品。注册营养师和运动营养学专家劳拉·利戈斯说，将动物骨头与蔬菜、香料和其他食材一起在水中长时间炖煮，可以“有一定营养，但不是灵丹妙药”。

"The goal is to help pull out important nutrients from the bones, like collagen, gelatin, amino acids like glycine as well as minerals like calcium and magnesium," she says. "It's these nutrients that are extracted from the bones that have been shown to be helpful with gut, skin, hair, and nail health."

她说：“（骨头汤）能促使骨骼中的重要营养物质被提取出来，如胶原蛋白、明胶、甘氨酸等氨基酸以及钙和镁等矿物质。这些营养物质已被证明有助于肠道、皮肤、头发和指甲的健康。”

Benefits of bone broth include providing humans with certain nutrients from the connective tissue and meat of the bones, which in turn can aid in strengthening muscle and bones, says Jenna Litt, a registered dietitian at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Currently there is not enough research to support the benefits or detriments of bone broth on gut health, Litt says.

纽约莱诺克斯山医院的注册营养师詹娜·利特解释说，骨汤的益处包括提供来自结缔组织和骨头肉的某些营养物质，这反过来又有助于增强肌肉和骨骼。利特说，目前还没有足够的研究来支持骨汤对肠道健康的影响。

Do I need bone broth in my diet? The short answer: No. It's important to zoom out and look at the big picture when thinking about nutrition, Ligos says. "There likely isn't one food item that's going to be the golden ticket to our health. It's a combination of things that we do that can support our health over the long haul. Bone broth can certainly be a part of that — but not the only part of that."

我需要喝骨汤吗？简短的回答就是不需要。利戈斯表示，在考虑营养问题时，重要的是要放眼全局。"没有一种食品会成为我们健康的金钥匙。保持健康需要多管齐下。骨汤当然可以成为其中的一部分，但不是唯一的一部分,”利戈斯说。

For example, if you're interested in improving skin, nail and hair health, simply increasing protein intake in your diet has been shown to yield results, Litt says, adding that "the use of bone broth is not required."

利特说，例如，如果你对改善皮肤、指甲和头发健康感兴趣，只需在饮食中增加蛋白质摄入量就能产生效果，并指出"不一定是喝骨汤"。

重点词汇：

1、broth
英/ brɒθ /

美/ brɔːθ /

n.肉汤；液体培养基

2、beverage

英/ ˈbevərɪdʒ /
美/ ˈbevərɪdʒ /
n.饮料

3、ingredient
英/ ɪnˈɡriːdiənt /
美/ ɪnˈɡriːdiənt /
n.（食品的）成分，原料；要素，因素
adj.构成组成部分的

4、gut
英/ ɡʌt /
美/ ɡʌt /
n.肠，肠道；内脏；<非正式>勇气，魄力；（尤指大的）胃，肚子；直觉，本能；核心，实质；肠线；<非正式>（机器或设备的）内部零件；狭道，狭海峡
v.取出……的内脏（以便烹饪）；毁坏（建筑物）的内部
adj.感情的，本能的

5、detriment
英/ ˈdetrɪmənt /
美/ ˈdetrɪmənt /
n.损害，伤害；造成损害（或损伤）的事物

6、zoom out
美/ zuːm aʊt /
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