One in Three US Children Eats Fast Food on Any Given Day
三分之一的美国儿童天天吃快餐
A new government report shows that approximately one-third of US children and adolescents eat fast food on any given day.
一份新的政府报告称, 超过三分之一的美国儿童和青少年每天都吃快餐。
Fast-food restaurants also account for about 12% of their daily calories.
快餐占人们每日饮食结构的12%。
The report, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday,
周三,美国疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)发布的一份报告显示:
shows that the proportion of calories kids get from fast food each day differs by race in the US.
在美国,不同种族的儿童每日从快餐中摄入的热量存在差异,
Cheryl Fryar, one of the study’s authors, says, I can’t say I was surprised.
该项研究的作者弗雷娅表示,对此我并没有感到吃惊。
Fryar co-authored a 2013 study finding that adults consumed 11.3% of their total daily calories from fast food between 2007 and 2010.
2013年,弗雷娅曾参与的一项研究发现:2007-2010年,快餐在成年人每日热量摄入结构中占11.3%。
According to the CDC, childhood obesity has “more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.
美国疾病控制和预防中心还表示,“在过去的30年里,肥胖儿童增加了一倍之多,而青少年肥胖人数增加了三倍。”