苏格兰和沙特阿拉伯科学家最近说,儿童经常吃营养不均衡的西式快餐,容易患哮喘病。科学家在新一期英国医学杂志《胸腔》上报告说,他们对沙特儿童的饮食习惯和哮喘发病率进行研究,将100名哮喘患儿和与200名普通儿童相比,结果发现,蔬菜、牛奶、维生素E和矿物质摄入不足的孩子,哮喘发病率特别高。如果不考虑家庭经济情况和父母吸烟习惯等其它因素,蔬菜和维生素E摄入少的孩子,发病率比其他孩子高出2至3倍。调查表明,经常吃西式快餐的城市孩子发病率高,而保持沙特传统饮食习惯的农村孩子发病率低。沙特传统饮食包括羊肉、米饭、蔬菜、水果等。此外,过去30年来苏格兰儿童哮喘发病率急剧增加,经研究也发现与新鲜水果和蔬菜摄入量减少有关。哮喘是常见的儿童慢性病之一,全世界约有1.5亿哮喘患者。 Scientists in Scotland and Saudi Arabia have said recently that children often suffer from asthma as a result of regular, unbalanced Western fast food. Scientists in the new issue of the British medical magazine “chest” report that they study the Saudi children’s eating habits and asthma incidence, the 100 asthmatic children and compared with 200 ordinary children found that vegetables, milk , Vitamin E and mineral intake of children, the incidence of asthma is particularly high. Children who have less intake of vegetables and vitamin E have a 2 to 3-fold higher prevalence than other children, regardless of other factors such as family economics and parental smoking habits. Surveys show that urban children who eat Western fast food frequently have a high incidence, while rural children who maintain traditional Saudi diets have a low incidence. Saudi traditional diet including lamb, rice, vegetables, fruits and so on. In addition, the incidence of childhood asthma in Scotland has increased dramatically over the past 30 years and studies have also found that it is associated with reduced intake of fresh fruits and vegetables. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children around 150 million people worldwide with asthma.