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However, they also found major flaws in the reporting of findings. People were consistently biased in interpreting their results in favor of a relationship between skipping breakfast and obesity.They improperly used causal language to describe their results. They misleadingly cited others’ results. And they also improperly used causal language in citing others’ results. People believe, and want you to believe,that skipping breakfast is bad.

不過，他們還發現，發表研究成果的過程存在重大瑕疵。這些人普遍偏執把他們取得的研究結果解讀為表明不吃早餐和肥胖有關。他們不恰當地使用隨意的語言描述自己的研究成果。他們以容易引起誤解的方式引用別人的成果。他們還會不恰當地使用隨意的語言引用其他人的成果。這些人相信，而且想要讓你相信，不吃早餐是個壞習慣。

【經典句式】

major flaw 重大瑕疵

consistently一致地

biased有偏見的

interpret解讀

infavor of 偏好;喜好

skipping breakfast 不吃早餐

obesity肥胖

improperly不恰當地

causal隨意的

misleadingly容易引起誤解地

cite引用

Good reviews of all the observational research note the methodological flaws in this domain, as well as the problems of combining the results of publication-bias-influenced studies into a meta-analysis. The associations should be viewed with skepticism and confirmed with prospective trials.

對所有這些觀察性研究進行的系統性回顧指出，該研究領域存在方法論上的瑕疵，還存在根據受發表偏倚影響的某些研究的成果進行元分析的問題。應該以懷疑的眼光來看待他們發現的相關性，并以前瞻性試驗來證實。

【經典句式】

observational觀察的

note指出

methodological方法論上的

flaw瑕疵

domain領域

bias-influenced受偏見影響的

meta-analysis元分析

association聯系

scepticism懷疑

confirm證實

prospective前瞻性的

trial試驗

【大作文萬用句式】

… should be viewed with scepticism.應該以懷疑的眼光來看待……。

Few randomized controlled trials exist. Those that do, although methodologically weak like most nutrition studies, don’t support the necessity of breakfast.

很少有人開展隨機對照試驗。和大多數營養學研究一樣，僅有的幾項隨機對照試驗存在方法上的不足，不過它們也不支持有必要吃早餐的觀點。

【經典句式】

randomized隨機的

controlled trials 對照試驗

methodologically方法上地

nutrition營養

【大作文萬用句式】

… doesn’t support the necessity of ………不支持有必要……的觀點。

Further confusing the field is a 2014 study (with more financial conflicts of interest than I thought possible) that found that getting breakfast skippers to eatbreakfast, and getting breakfasteaters to skip breakfast, made no difference with respect to weight loss. But a 1992 trial that did the same thing found that both groups lost weight. A balanced perspective would acknowledge that we have no idea what’s going on.

2014年的一項研究(其所涉及的經濟利益沖突大到超出我的想象)進一步加劇了這一領域的混亂局面。該研究發現，對減肥而言，讓不吃早餐的人吃早餐，和讓吃早餐的人不吃早餐，其實并沒有差別。但1992年的一項類似的試驗顯示，兩組人的體重都下降了。如果采用平衡的視角，那就應該承認，我們根本不知道到底是怎么回事。

【經典句式】

confusing讓人困惑的

field領域

breakfast skipper不吃早餐的人

breakfast eater 吃早餐的人

skip breakfast不吃早餐

make no difference 沒有差別;沒有影響

with respect to …在……方面

weight loss 減肥

trial試驗

lose weight減肥

a balanced perspective平衡的視角

acknowledge承認

have no idea根本不知道

Many of the studies are funded by the food industry, which has a clear bias. Kellogg funded a highly cited article that found that cereal for breakfast is associated with being thinner. The Quaker Oats Center of Excellence (part ofPepsiCo) financed a trial that showed that eating oatmeal or frosted cornflakes reduces weight and cholesterol (if you eat it in a highly controlled setting each weekday for four weeks).

許多研究的資金都來自明顯具有傾向性的食品行業。由家樂氏(Kellogg)贊助的一篇得到廣泛引用的文章稱，早餐吃麥片和擁有更瘦的身材之間存在關聯。由桂格優質燕麥中心(The Quaker Oats Center of Excellence ，隸屬于百事公司)資助的一項試驗顯示，吃麥片或者糖霜玉米片可以減肥并降低膽固醇(如果你在高度受控的環境中，連續四周每個工作日都吃的話)。

【經典句式】

fund資助

food industry食品行業

has a clear bias具有傾向性

a highly cited 得到廣泛引用的

cereal麥片

is associated with跟……存在關聯

finance資助

trial試驗

oatmeal麥片;燕麥

cornflake玉米片

cholesterol膽固醇

in a … setting在……的環境中

weekday工作日

Many studies focus on children and argue that kids who eat breakfast are also thinner, but this research suffers from the same flaws that the research in adults does.

許多研究都以兒童為重點，并聲稱吃早餐的孩子更瘦一些。但在這類研究中也能看到以成人為對象的研究中所存在的那些瑕疵。

【經典句式】

argue聲稱

suffer from受折磨

flaw瑕疵

adult成人