Furthermore doesn't the study of old books often very old books ? risk overlooking the issues facing us today?

此外，研究这些巨著,通常年代久远,不会有忽略我们今日所面临议题的风险吗？

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One of the hypotheses that was being tested in this particular study was that a low-fat diet would reduce a woman's risk for breast cancer.

其中一个,在研究中被检验的假设是,低脂膳食,有助于降低妇女患乳腺癌的风险

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There was The Seven Country Study, which was like The Framingham Study, where heart disease risk factors were mentioned, but he also did a very famous study on people starving.

这里提到的七国研究,性质和弗明汉研究差不多,主要研究的是影响心脏病的危险因素,他还做了一项著名的关于人们挨饿的研究

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You see the African-American individuals have a somewhat lower risk, although not a lot, from the white people individuals in this study, but the Mexican-Americans have elevated risk compared to the other two races.

非裔美国人患病风险相对较低,尽管在这项研究中,他们与白人之间的差异并不显著,但与这两个种族相比,墨西哥裔美国人患病风险则比较高

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