He was white-headed as a mountain, bowed in the shoulders, and faded in general aspect.

他身体佝偻，面容枯槁，头发像是雪山一，全白了。

His body was bent and emaciated to the bone, almost fleshless.

他全身佝偻，瘦骨嶙峋，几乎没有肉。

He focused on breathing techniques to assist with his asthma, and by exercising outside in his shorts, was able to cure his rickets which is caused by a vitamin D deficiency.

他专注于呼吸技巧以帮助改善他的气喘，借由穿着短裤在户外运动，他能够治疗因为缺乏维他命 D 所引起的佝偻病。

Rickets usually affects malnourished children from poor countries– children who don't have enough to eat – and it makes their bones weak.

佝偻病通常是那些贫穷国家没有足够食物吃的营养不良的儿童才得的病，这病让他们的骨头很脆弱。

Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders, or diseases like rickets and scurvy.

没有了这么多化的维生素，人体将面临着的缺陷，造成的健康问题比如疲劳，神经受损，心律失常或者佝偻病和坏血病之类的疾病。

They turned just in time to see the shadow of Argus Filch looming over the wall behind them before the man himself turned the corner, hunchbacked, his jowls aquiver.

他们回过头正看见阿格斯·费尔奇的阴影正投到他们身后的墙上，然后他本人从一个拐角走了出来，他佝偻着背，下巴的垂肉抖动着。

There was none sufficiently interested in the poor artist, to mark the feverish hue of his wrinkled cheek, or the increasing attenuation of his misshapen frame.

没有人对这位可怜的画家给予过足够的关注，也没有谁留意到他皱纹堆垒的脸颊上泛起的病态的红晕，以及那佝偻的身体愈发瘦削。

For example, rickets or osteomalacia can occur in chronic liver disease, due to the liver's inability to turn inactive vitamin D into 25-hydroxy-vitamin D.

例如，慢性肝病患者可能患佝偻病或骨软化症，这是因为肝脏无法将无活性的维生素D转化为25-羟维生素D。

His face was young, but his shoulders were bent like an old man's and his head was pushed forward.

他的脸看上去还很年轻，但是已像老人一佝偻，而且头还向前探着。

Five babies entered the study with rickets, but by the end, they all had beautifully strong bones.

研究开始时，有五个婴儿患有佝偻病，但到最后，他们的骨骼都长得很强壮。

Pilates was a sickly child, suffering from asthma, rickets, and rheumatic fever.

彼拉提斯是个体弱多病的孩子，饱受气喘、佝偻病、和风湿热之苦。

Let's hear about how rickets – a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin D in the diet – is affecting some children in the UK. This is BBC reporter Mike Williams.

让我们听一听BBC记者迈克·威廉姆斯为我们介绍佝偻病对英国的儿童的影响。佝偻病是一因饮食中缺乏维生素D而引起的疾病。

There was even one child with Rickets caused by vitamin deficiency that continued to take large amounts of straight cod liver oil over a period of 101 days.

有一个患有（因维生素缺乏而引起的）佝偻病的孩子，连续 101 天都选择服用大剂量的鱼肝油。

Treatment for both rickets and osteomalacia typically involves oral vitamin D supplementation and treating the underlying cause which could be any condition affecting the organs responsible for vitamin D activation.

佝偻病和骨软化症的治疗一般包括口服补充维生素D以及治疗潜在病因，即任何可能影响机体活化维生素D的情况。

Some key symptoms of rickets are craniotabes and bow legs.

佝偻病的主要症状包括颅骨软化和O型腿。

Rickets-specific symptoms include, thin, soft skull bones, which is called craniotabes, delay in the closure of fontanelles, and bow legs, also known as genu varum.

佝偻病的特异性症状包括颅骨变薄变软，即颅骨软化，前囟迟闭，以及O型腿，又叫弓形腿。

Finally, another X-ray finding with rickets may be bowing of the legs.

最后，佝偻病X线下可见O型腿。

Now, X-ray imaging of rickets and osteomalacia might show signs of decreased bone mineral density or osteopenia.

佝偻病和骨软化症的X线检查，可能有骨矿物质密度减低即骨质缺乏的征象。

Alright, as a quick recap, rickets, and osteomalacia are conditions in which bone softening occurs due to a mineral deficiency or lack of vitamin D.

好！快速回顾一下：佝偻病和骨软化症即由缺乏维生素D引起的骨质软化。

Could just be me in 10 years with a hunched back.

可能就是我十年后佝偻着背的子。