Half kids have sexual precocity problem, survey

时间：2007-01-19 02:34:31

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Chinanews, Chongqing, Jan. 17 – A recent survey shows that an unhealthy diet structure has made more than half of children suffer from sexual precocity1.

 

The survey was released Monday by the Short Figure Center of Chongqing Children's Hospital, a hospital affiliated2 to Chongqing Medical Science Institute. The result of the survey is based on monitoring the bone ages of 160 children.

 

According to Lei Beiyun, a professor from the hospital’s Endocrinology Section, bone age is used to measure a person’s physical development condition. After measuring the bone ages of 160 children aged3 between 2 and 17, Professor Lei said they had found that only 40.6% of these children’s bone ages were in accord with their physical development, and the rest of them all had sexual precocity problem.

 

“A girl had her menarche at the age of 8 and when she grew to 12, her physical development stopped. Some boys began to display their puberty sexual features at the age of 10,” said the professor.

 

He said that generally speaking, a girl will have sexual precocity problem if her sexuality begins to develop before the age of 8, while boys will encounter the same problem if their sexuality develops before the age of 10.

 

There are many reasons leading to sexual precocity, but mostly the problem is linked with an unhealthy diet structure. Investigation4 shows that children who have such problem eat a lot of meat and various kinds of tonics5. Meat contains a high degree of hormone6 such as female hormone and growth hormone. Apart from hormone, meal diet contains a lot of antibiotics7, food additives8, and various kinds of maturing agents. All these will lead to sexual precocity in one way or another. In addition, things related with sex are highly publicized in society, which also attribute to children’s sexual precocity problem to some extent, said the professor.

 
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1 precocity 1a7e73a809d23ba577d92246c53f20a3     
n.早熟，早成
参考例句：
  • The boy is remarkable for precocity. 这孩子早熟得惊人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is remarkable for precocity. 他早熟得惊人。 来自辞典例句
2 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句：
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
3 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
4 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
5 tonics 5722ce5f833f803d7b70cfda2e365a56     
n.滋补品( tonic的名词复数 )；主音；奎宁水；浊音
参考例句：
  • I think you have a prejudice against tonics. 我认你对补药有偏见。 来自互联网
  • Two gin and tonics, please. 请来两杯杜松子酒加奎宁水。 来自互联网
6 hormone uyky3     
n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌
参考例句：
  • Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
  • This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
7 antibiotics LzgzQT     
n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
  • The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。
8 additives cf3f12a049807f79b9faf1553e074059     
n.添加剂( additive的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • chemical additives in petrol 汽油中的化学添加剂
  • It'says on the packet that these crisps contain no additives. 包装上说这些炸薯片不含添加剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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