In a recent hearing on childhood obesity, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin told lawmakers that the Obama administration is working on making healthy meals more accessible and affordable.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

He said he slept well in these wooden houses and that probably is because of his very unhappy childhood listening to relatives shouting at each other and plotting to kill each other in the big house.

他说在那些木屋里睡的很好,这可能是缘于他那并不愉快的童年,在这冰冷的大房子里,亲戚们的高声谩骂,彼此的秘谋暗杀,给他的童年留下了阴影

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Now there are two types of diabetes, as you may know, there's Type I Diabetes which is a genetic abnormality that usually shows up in childhood or adolescents where people are dependent on insulin.

你们可能知道,糖尿病有两种类型,Ⅰ型糖尿病是由基因异常引起的,在儿童和青少年中较为多见,患这种病需要长期依赖胰岛素

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"When we plotted the circuits in the brain against their childhood lead blood lead levels, we found that those with a higher blood lead measurement had less activity in the part of the brain normally left to do the attention tasks,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

"Black women, who are more likely to be uninsured, are living in communities where there is limited access to the healthy foods and exercise and activity that is necessary from childhood on to reduce the likelihood of obesity and chronic illnesses."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23