China issues healthy eating advice for children

时间：2007-10-08 03:20:52

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Oct. 8 - The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a guide to healthy eating for Chinese children and their parents in its latest attempt to halt growing obesity1 levels among the country's youth.

 

"The snack consumption guide for the Chinese youth", the first of its kind in China, has been designed by renowned2 dieticians based on the principles of snack consumption by children in the United States and Hong Kong region, said Yu Dongmei, researcher with the food safety and nutrition institute under the CDC.

 

"Snacks are a natural part of a reasonable diet," according to the guidelines, but warns that children should not have food or drinks containing excessive fat, sugar and salt such as instant noodles, candies and tinned food, which increases risks of obesity and hypertension.

 

Children are advised to "moderately" eat chocolate, cake, ham and dried beef, which are "relatively3 rich in nutritional4 content".

 

Many parents said they would take the guide as a reference when buying snacks for children. A woman surnamed Liu in southeast city of Nanjing said that she would like to see "rating marks" on snack packaging.

 

However, Nanjing Quality Inspection5 Bureau said it's unlikely to make food companies print "rating marks" on packages in the near future as the guide was only a "tentative probe" that could not be taken as an official regulation.

 
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1 obesity Dv1ya     
n.肥胖，肥大
参考例句：
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
2 renowned okSzVe     
adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的
参考例句：
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
3 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
4 nutritional 4HRxN     
adj.营养的，滋养的
参考例句：
  • A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
  • The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
5 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

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