ealthy diet may help children with ADHD

 　　BEIJING Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Keeping a healthy diet may help children with attention deficit¹ hyperactivity disorder² (ADHD) in their treatment, a new study revealed.

　　The study was published Monday in the American medical journal Pediatrics.

　　After analyzing³ 70 previous study on the ADHD children, the researchers from Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago suggested foods such as fish, vegetables, fruit and whole grains which contain heavy fiber⁴, folate and omega-3 fatty acids can help decrease the hyperactivity symptom.

　　Though typical "Western-style" diet that's high in fat, salt and refined sugars should be avoided in eating. However, diet chenge cannot replace the medicinal treatment, the researchers warned.

　　"It (changing diet) is usually not a first choice," said study author Dr. J. Gordon Millichap.

　　There are at least 5.4 million children aged⁵ 4 to 17 in the world have been diagnosed with ADHD. And the conventional therapies are medical treatment and behavior changes.

1 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

3 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

4 fiber   

n.纤维，纤维质

参考例句：

• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
• The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。