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Parent’s Mental Health Can Affect Kids’ Asthma Care
When a parent is depressed, their child’s asthma care may suffer.
Now, research suggests that getting a child’s asthma under control may
include assessing a parent’s mental health.
Researchers at
University of Texas Southwestern found that treating a parent’s
depression could sometimes improve symptom control in asthmatic
children.
About 8 percent of American children have asthma. Symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing due to inflammation of the lungs and airways.
Stress and depression in children who have asthma can cause airway constriction and worsen symptoms. Then, this poor asthma control can exacerbate a child’s depression. High rates of depression among caregivers may also put stress on kids, worsening their depressive symptoms and asthma control, the researchers noted.
（文章來源：英文大紀元時報）
想一想：1.根據本文，關於氣喘下列哪一項敘述不正確？
（1）8%的美國孩童有氣喘問題。
（2）父母親有憂鬱症會加劇孩童的氣喘問題。
（3）孩童本身的壓力造成氣喘更嚴重。
（4）治療父母親的憂鬱症，一定有助減緩孩童氣喘。
2.根據本文，氣喘有哪些症狀？
3.您身邊也有氣喘孩童嗎？當氣喘發作時，首先平息自己慌張態度，安撫孩童當下不安情緒，再進行後續，看看是否有不錯的反應。
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解答：
1.（4）。
2. Symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing.
（症狀包括呼吸短促、咳嗽和喘鳴聲。）
（文章來源：英文《大紀元時報》）
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Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study。（123RF）Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Experts studying kids’ sleep and eating habits have learned more about a potential reason for childhood obesity. Kids who are deprived of sleep tend to eat more calories the next day, researchers found. And some of those extra calories come from less-healthy, sugar-laden snacks or treats.
“When children lost sleep, overall they ate an extra 74 calories per day, caused by an increase of 96 calories per day in non-core foods such as crisps and chocolate, which potentially increases the risk of obesity,” said Jill Haszard, a biostatistician at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
“Finding ways to improve healthy sleep habits including reading or a bath before bed may help children to extend their sleep time to the recommended 10 to 11 hours per night and reduce the risk of being overweight and obesity,” Haszard said.
想一想：1.根據本文，下列關於睡眠和肥胖等敘述何者有誤？
（1）兒童睡眠不足，造成隔天攝入多餘熱量。
（2）造成兒童肥胖，睡眠不足是其原因之一。
（3）睡前閱讀可延長兒童睡眠時間。
（4）兒童睡眠不足時，平均每日多攝取核心食物96卡路里。
2.根據本文，為降低兒童肥胖或過重的機率，建議每晚睡眠需達幾小時？
3.如果您周遭有體重過重的兒童，不妨試著驗證看看，他們是否也都睡眠不足？
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解答：
1.（4）
2. 10~11小時。
（文章來源：英文《大紀元時報》）◇
