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出典： The New York Times Obese children who cut back on their sugar intake see improvements in their blood pressure, cholesterol readings and other markers of health after just 10 days, a rigorous new study found. cut back on … ～の量を減らす rigorous … 厳格な、厳密な The new research may help shed light on a question scientists have long debated: Is sugar itself harming health, or is the weight gain that comes from consuming sugary drinks and foods mainly what contributes to illness over the long term? shed light on … 光明を投じる、ヒントを与える In the new study, which was financed by the National Institutes of Health and published Tuesday in the journal Obesity, scientists designed a clinical experiment to attempt to answer this question. They removed foods with added sugar from a group of children’s diets and replaced them with other types of carbohydrates so that the subjects’ weight and overall calorie intake remained roughly the same. carbohydrate … 炭水化物、糖質 After 10 days, the children sh...

出典： Voice of America Using sunscreen can cut your risk of developing some of the most dangerous forms of skin cancer by 50 percent. Unfortunately, a new study suggests it also may be doing severe damage to already threatened coral reefs around the world. The research was done by the University of Central Florida and published in Tuesday's Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . toxicology … 毒物学 The study tested the water around coral reefs in Hawaii and the Caribbean, and found a high concentration of Oxybenzone in the water. oxybenzone … オキシベンゾン、紫外線吸収剤 Oxybenzone is one of the most common ingredients in sunscreen, but it can do severe damage to fragile Coral Reefs. According to the research, the chemical not only kills coral, but it also causes DNA damage in adult coral, and deforms the larvae . deform … 奇形にする larvae [lɑ́ːrvìː] … larvaの複数形 larva [lɑ́ːrvə] … 幼生、幼虫 One member of the research team, John Fauth said damaging coral reefs doesn...