Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests.  

Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed(加工)  foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta(意大利面食), salads and fruit,  it was found.

The effect is so great that researchers from the University of Bristol said those children with a "healthier" diet may get an IQ improvement.

Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child's early life as the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

This indicated head growth at this time is linked to intellectual ability and “it is possible that good nutrition(营养) during this period may encourage excellent brain growth” .

Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of around 14,000 children born in 1991 and 1992 as part of the West Country's Avon Longitudinal(纵向的)Study of Parents and Children ( ALSPAC) .

Parents were questioned about the types and frequency of the food and drink their children consumed when they were three, four, seven and eight and a half years old. According to their different changing form, these children were marked and given grades which ranged from minus two for the most healthy to10 for the most unhealthy.

In the research, IQ was measured of 4,000 children when they were eight and half years old,  using a validated(经过认证的)test-the Wechsler Intelligence Scale(韦氏儿童智力量表) for Children.

The results found after taking account of some influential factors, a leading processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight and a half , whether the diet was improved after that age.

Every l point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a l.67 fall in IQ.

1.Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early life because        .

A.the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

B.those children with a "healthier" diet must get an IQ improvement.

C.children brought up on healthy diets are less intelligent.

D.these children were given good grades.

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Those children with a "healthier" diet may get an IQ improvement.

B.Good nutrition at any stage may encourage excellent brain growth.

C.Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of about 14,000 children.

D.Every l point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a l.67 fall in IQ.

3.The results found if a child ate a leading processed food diet when he was 3, he would          

A.have a higher IQ

B.have a higher IQ as long as he improved his diet

C.have one IQ when he was 8

D.have a lower IQ whether he improved his diet

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Food for thought

B.What is healthy food?

C.Healthy diet improves children's intelligence

D.How to become clever?

 

Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests.

Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed(加工) foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta(意大利面食), salads and fruit, it was found.

The effect is so great that researchers from the University of Bristol said those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.

Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early as the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

This indicated head growth at this time is linked to intellectual ability and “it is possible that good nutrition(营养)during this period may encourage excellent brain growth”

Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of around 14,000 children born in 1991 and 1992 as part of the West Country’s Avon Longitudinal(纵向的)Study of Parents and Children(ALSPAC).

Parents were questioned about the types and frequency of the food and drink their children consumed when they were three, four, seven and eight and a half years old. According to their different changing form, these children were marked and given grades which ranged from minus two for the most healthy to 10 for the most unhealthy.

In the research, IQ was measured of 4,000 children when they were eight and half years old, using a validated(经过认证的)test-the Wechsler Intelligence Scale(韦氏儿童智力量表)for Children.

The results found after taking account of some influential factors, a leading processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight and a half, whether the diet was improved after that age.

Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.

1.          Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early life because   .

A.the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

B.those children with a “healthier” diet must get an IQ improvement.

C.children brought up on healthy diets are less intelligent.

D.these children were given good grades.

2.          Which of the following in NOT true?

A.Those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.

B.Good nutrition at any stage may encourage excellent brain growth.

C.Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of about 14,000 children.

D.Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.

3.          The recults found if a child ate a leading processed food diet when he was 3, he would      .

A.have a higher IQ

B.have a higher IQ as long as he improved his diet

C.have one IQ when he was 8

D.have a lower IQ whether he improved his diet

4.          Parents were questioned except when their children were      years old.

A.3

B.4

C.7

D.8

5.          What is the best title of the passage?

A.Food for thought

B.What is healthy food?

C.Healthy diet improves children’s intelligence

D.How to become clever?

 

Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result:10% fewer heart attacks. 8% fewer strokes. 4% fewer deaths. 11% fewer new cases of heart disease. And 240 billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent 10,000 heart attacks and 9。200 deaths every year.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon,less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia Uni versity.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium(钠),which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas, like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children.

1.We can tell from the passage that now        heart attacks occur in the US every year.

A.240,000

B.900,000

C.100,000

D.92,000

2.It can be inferred from the passage that           .

A.all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt

B.the American Heart Association suggests less than 3 grams of salt a day for everyone

C.Americans ate no more than 5 grams of salt per day in the 1970s

D.the less salt one eats, the healthier he will be

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us            .

A.Bloomberg has made some other efforts to improve people’s health

B.Bloomberg is very successful in his career

C.parents must pay great attention to calorie information

D.a new study is being done about calorie information

 

In Britain today, is it possible to tell a person’s class just by looking at him? Physical details alone tell us about health, diet and the type of work a person does. A hundred years ago the working class often looked unhealthy, small and they were either too thin or too fat. The upper classes were often tall, sporting types who were used to a good diet and looked healthy. Today living and working conditions have improved, and such descriptions are no longer true. People are taller now than a hundred years ago. Everyone in Britain today is able to have free medicine, a good diet, acceptable working conditions and enough rest and leisure.

       The clothes people choose to wear, however, do provide information about their backgrounds. Expensive clothes look expensive and show their wearer is rich. Clothes can provide other clues as well. The upper classes appear to be less interested in fashion and wear good quality clothes in non-bright colours, made of natural material like wool, leather and cotton. Lower working-class people often choose clothes in bright colours, made of man-made materials. A sociological explanation for this would be that colour and interest are missing from their lives, and therefore any opportunity to produce this is taken.

       Clothes are available at a price within most people’s reach. New clothes make the wearer feel good and show some degree of wealth to the outside world. Today it is the younger people who spend most money on clothes. Fashion is no longer for the upper classes and the rich. Young people from all social classes spend a lot of money on clothes. Some new fashions are started by working-class people who want to look different and feel important. They want people to look at them.

1.In the past, a person’s appearance could not tell other people about his ________.

      A. health              B. diet                C. occupation (职业)    D. habits

2.The clothes people choose to wear tell us about their ________.

      A. education             B. richness              C. backgrounds             D. hobby

3. A working-class person may start a new fashion because ________.

      A. she wants to draw the attention of other people

       B. she wants to look different and healthy

       C. she wants to show their wealth

       D. she wants to show their taste

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A. Expensive clothes look expensive and show the wearer is rich.

       B. Working-class people prefer clothes in bright colours because they lack colour in their lives.

       C. Today, it is still the upper class people who spend most money on clothes.

       D. Today, fashion is no longer for the upper classes and the rich.

 

Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests.

Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed(加工) foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta(意大利面食), salads and fruit, it was found.

The effect is so great that researchers from the University of Bristol said those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.

Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early as the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

This indicated head growth at this time is linked to intellectual ability and “it is possible that good nutrition(营养)during this period may encourage excellent brain growth”

Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of around 14,000 children born in 1991 and 1992 as part of the West Country’s Avon Longitudinal(纵向的)Study of Parents and Children(ALSPAC).

Parents were questioned about the types and frequency of the food and drink their children consumed when they were three, four, seven and eight and a half years old. According to their different changing form, these children were marked and given grades which ranged from minus two for the most healthy to 10 for the most unhealthy.

In the research, IQ was measured of 4,000 children when they were eight and half years old, using a validated(经过认证的)test-the Wechsler Intelligence Scale(韦氏儿童智力量表)for Children.

The results found after taking account of some influential factors, a leading processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight and a half, whether the diet was improved after that age.

Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.

61.Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early life because  .

A. the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

B. those children with a “healthier” diet must get an IQ improvement.

C. children brought up on healthy diets are less intelligent.

D. these children were given good grades.

62.Which of the following in NOT true?

  A. Those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.

  B. Good nutrition at any stage may encourage excellent brain growth.

  C. Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of about 14,000 children.

  D. Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.

63.The recults found if a child ate a leading processed food diet when he was 3, he would    .

A. have a higher IQ

B. have a higher IQ as long as he improved his diet

C. have one IQ when he was 8

D. have a lower IQ whether he improved his diet

64. Parents were questioned except when their children were    years old.

A.3        B.4      C.7      D.8

65.What is the best title of the passage?

  A. Food for thought

  B. What is healthy food?

  C. Healthy diet improves children’s intelligence

  D. How to become clever?

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