首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] A British study of how diet affects the health of new mothers
[originaltext] A British study of how diet affects the health of new mothers
游客
2023-07-18
60
管理
问题
A British study of how diet affects the health of new mothers and their babies produced the surprise finding that vegetarian women are more likely to have girls, one of the report’s authors said yesterday.
In what is thought to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Nottingham University in central England found significant differences in the sex of babies born to vegetarian and meat and fish-eating women. They were examining the health conditions in vegetarian and non-vegetarian mothers, looking at things like hemoglobin levels, which show how much iron the mother has in her blood, and birth weights.
Altogether 5,942 pregnant women were involved in the study when they were booked in Nottingham’s City Hospital during 2001. According to the researchers, vegetarian mothers were defined as pregnant women who avoided meat and fish. Nearly five percent were vegetarian among them, a total of more than 250 women.
The birth ratio in Britain is that for every 106 boys born there are 100 girls, that’s pretty constant. In their sample group of vegetarians there were 81.5 boys born for every 100 girls.
To further test their surprise findings, they increased the sample number to what scientists called a "statistically significant" level. The study was extended for a further six months so that the sex of more babies could be looked at. The results, covering around 150 more vegetarian women, were" just about exactly the same".
The study also found that vegetarian mothers were less likely to smoke during pregnancy -- 10 percent did so, compared with 20 percent of meat-eaters.
选项
A、Pregnant women who avoided meal and fish.
B、Pregnant women who like to eat meat and fish.
C、Women who are more likely to have girls.
D、Women who are more likely to have boys.
答案
A
解析
短文中间提到了vegetarian mothers的定义,即vegetarian mothers were defined as pregnant women who avoided meat and fish。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2847976.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Researchingfriendship,psychologistLillianRubinspenttwo
[originaltext]OfficialsattheOlympicGamestakingplaceinSaltLakeCity
[originaltext]OfficialsattheOlympicGamestakingplaceinSaltLakeCity
[originaltext]Humanbeingsenjoychallenges.Manyofthemlikephysicalcha
[originaltext]Humanbeingsenjoychallenges.Manyofthemlikephysicalcha
[originaltext]M:Doyouthinkpeopletodaydoagoodjobofplanningforfinanc
[originaltext]M:Doyouthinkpeopletodaydoagoodjobofplanningforfinanc
[originaltext]M:Doyouthinkpeopletodaydoagoodjobofplanningforfinanc
[originaltext]W:Hey,Mark,haveyoubeenabletosellyouroldpianoyet?M:A
[originaltext]W:Hey,Mark,haveyoubeenabletosellyouroldpianoyet?M:A
随机试题
Americansusuallyconsiderthemselvesafriendlypeople.Theirfriendships,
Thedetectivethoughttheguiltypartytobe______becauseIhadthestrongestmo
[originaltext]M:CanIhelpyou?W:Yes,Iamlookingforapairofgloves.Ith
某段路基,按设计文件提供的取土场的填料为山皮土,承包商进入现场后发现,在路基附近
人体各器官中γ-谷氨酰基转移酶(GGT)含量最高的是A.肾 B.肠 C.肝
关于私募基金财产投资要求,下列说法正确的有()。 ①可以使用基金财产从事借
使用双气囊三腔管压迫止血时,正确的护理措施是A:先向食管气囊注气,再向胃气囊注气
关于定金的表述,正确的是( )。A.债务人履行债务后,定金应当收回 B.给付
某送变电工程公司承接了我国西部某高压输电线路8个塔基的施工建设项目,工期1年。工
A.IgA肾病 B.膜增生性肾炎 C.毛细血管内增生性肾炎 D.膜性肾病
最新回复
(
0
)