雅思课外阅读--不吃早餐也健康 2

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However, they also found major flaws in the reporting of findings. People were consistently biased in interpreting their results in favor of a relationship between skipping breakfast and obesity.They improperly used causal language to describe their results. They misleadingly cited others’ results. And they also improperly used causal language in citing others’ results. People believe, and want you to believe,that skipping breakfast is bad.

不过，他们还发现，发表研究成果的过程存在重大瑕疵。这些人普遍偏执把他们取得的研究结果解读为表明不吃早餐和肥胖有关。他们不恰当地使用随意的语言描述自己的研究成果。他们以容易引起误解的方式引用别人的成果。他们还会不恰当地使用随意的语言引用其他人的成果。这些人相信，而且想要让你相信，不吃早餐是个坏习惯。

【经典句式】

major flaw 重大瑕疵

consistently一致地

biased有偏见的

interpret解读

infavor of 偏好;喜好

skipping breakfast 不吃早餐

obesity肥胖

improperly不恰当地

causal随意的

misleadingly容易引起误解地

cite引用

Good reviews of all the observational research note the methodological flaws in this domain, as well as the problems of combining the results of publication-bias-influenced studies into a meta-analysis. The associations should be viewed with skepticism and confirmed with prospective trials.

对所有这些观察性研究进行的系统性回顾指出，该研究领域存在方法论上的瑕疵，还存在根据受发表偏倚影响的某些研究的成果进行元分析的问题。应该以怀疑的眼光来看待他们发现的相关性，并以前瞻性试验来证实。

【经典句式】

observational观察的

note指出

methodological方法论上的

flaw瑕疵

domain领域

bias-influenced受偏见影响的

meta-analysis元分析

association联系

scepticism怀疑

confirm证实

prospective前瞻性的

trial试验

【大作文万用句式】

… should be viewed with scepticism.应该以怀疑的眼光来看待……。

Few randomized controlled trials exist. Those that do, although methodologically weak like most nutrition studies, don’t support the necessity of breakfast.

很少有人开展随机对照试验。和大多数营养学研究一样，仅有的几项随机对照试验存在方法上的不足，不过它们也不支持有必要吃早餐的观点。

【经典句式】

randomized随机的

controlled trials 对照试验

methodologically方法上地

nutrition营养

【大作文万用句式】

… doesn’t support the necessity of ………不支持有必要……的观点。

Further confusing the field is a 2014 study (with more financial conflicts of interest than I thought possible) that found that getting breakfast skippers to eatbreakfast, and getting breakfasteaters to skip breakfast, made no difference with respect to weight loss. But a 1992 trial that did the same thing found that both groups lost weight. A balanced perspective would acknowledge that we have no idea what’s going on.

2014年的一项研究(其所涉及的经济利益冲突大到超出我的想象)进一步加剧了这一领域的混乱局面。该研究发现，对减肥而言，让不吃早餐的人吃早餐，和让吃早餐的人不吃早餐，其实并没有差别。但1992年的一项类似的试验显示，两组人的体重都下降了。如果采用平衡的视角，那就应该承认，我们根本不知道到底是怎么回事。

【经典句式】

confusing让人困惑的

field领域

breakfast skipper不吃早餐的人

breakfast eater 吃早餐的人

skip breakfast不吃早餐

make no difference 没有差别;没有影响

with respect to …在……方面

weight loss 减肥

trial试验

lose weight减肥

a balanced perspective平衡的视角

acknowledge承认

have no idea根本不知道

Many of the studies are funded by the food industry, which has a clear bias. Kellogg funded a highly cited article that found that cereal for breakfast is associated with being thinner. The Quaker Oats Center of Excellence (part ofPepsiCo) financed a trial that showed that eating oatmeal or frosted cornflakes reduces weight and cholesterol (if you eat it in a highly controlled setting each weekday for four weeks).

许多研究的资金都来自明显具有倾向性的食品行业。由家乐氏(Kellogg)赞助的一篇得到广泛引用的文章称，早餐吃麦片和拥有更瘦的身材之间存在关联。由桂格优质燕麦中心(The Quaker Oats Center of Excellence ，隶属于百事公司)资助的一项试验显示，吃麦片或者糖霜玉米片可以减肥并降低胆固醇(如果你在高度受控的环境中，连续四周每个工作日都吃的话)。

【经典句式】

fund资助

food industry食品行业

has a clear bias具有倾向性

a highly cited 得到广泛引用的

cereal麦片

is associated with跟……存在关联

finance资助

trial试验

oatmeal麦片;燕麦

cornflake玉米片

cholesterol胆固醇

in a … setting在……的环境中

weekday工作日

Many studies focus on children and argue that kids who eat breakfast are also thinner, but this research suffers from the same flaws that the research in adults does.

许多研究都以儿童为重点，并声称吃早餐的孩子更瘦一些。但在这类研究中也能看到以成人为对象的研究中所存在的那些瑕疵。

【经典句式】

argue声称

suffer from受折磨

flaw瑕疵

adult成人