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TOPIC 16 구루병 다시 유행
rickets

Makes a Comeback

후진국에서 발병률이 높아 흔히 ‘가난병’이라 불리는 구루병이 최근 다시 유행하고 있다는 소식입니다.
구루병이 유행하게 된 원인이 무엇인지 잘 들어 보세요.

Pre-study Rickets is a disease that mainly occurs in children
due to a lack of vitamin D, phosphorous or calcium.
뉴스 내용을 잘 듣고,
따라 읽어 보세요. It commonly results from famine, starvation or severe
malnutrition. As rickets is often associated with poverty,
뉴스 듣기
it has become a somewhat rare disease in developed
nations.
However, in recent years, the disease has been
making a comeback. A team of medical researchers said
that one major cause of the increasing number of rickets
cases is the lack of outdoor activity. The research team
also cited breastfeeding as a leading cause of rickets in
infants, as breast milk lacks vitamin D.

•rickets 구루병
•make a comeback
다시 유행하다
•phosphorous 인
•famine 기근
•starvation 기아, 굶주림
•malnutrition 영양실조
•be associated with
~와 연관되다
•rare disease 희귀병
•developed nation 선진국
•cite (이유나 예를) 들다
•breastfeeding 모유 수유
•lack 부족하다; 부족