中年发福竟然与开车上班有关

 Choosing an active way to get to work could make a big difference in how much weight creeps on in middle age, a large U.K. study suggests.

英国一家大型调查机构近日表示，选择一种积极的方式上班，也许对中年时期悄悄出现的发福有很大的影响。

studying tens of thousands of commuters over age 40, researchers found that people who drove to work weighed more and had a higher percentage of body fat than those who got to work by walking, biking or public transportation.

在研究了成千上万名40多岁的乘客之后，研究人员发现，开车上班的人体重更重，体脂比也比那些步行、骑自行车或者使用公共交通系统上班的人高。

Those who commuted² by bicycle were the leanest of all, but even taking the train was linked to lower body weight and body fat, the authors report in The Lancet Diabetes³ and Endocrinology.

作者在医学杂志《柳叶刀》的糖尿病和内分泌学上指出，那些骑自行车上班的人是所有人里最苗条的，但是即便乘火车，也会使得体重更轻，体脂更低。

中年发福竟然与开车上班有关

"We know that exercise protects against obesity⁴ and chronic⁵ diseases. However, we all struggle to fit enough of it into our busy lives," said lead author Ellen Flint of the London School of Hygiene⁶ and Tropical Medicine.

伦敦卫生和热带医学学院首席作者Ellen Flint说道：“我们知道，锻炼可以预防肥胖和慢性疾病。然而，我们都在努力在匆忙的生活中给身体锻炼留下一席之地。”

"This study shows that people who manage to build physical activity into their daily commute¹ have significantly lower body weight and healthier body composition than those who commute by car," Flint told Reuters Health by email.

Flint通过电子邮件告诉路透健康：“这项研究表明，比起开车的人，那些试图在日常交通中融入体力活动的人，拥有较显著的轻体重和更健康的身体构成。

In the U.S., about one third of adults are obese⁷ and no more than about 18 percent commute to work by walking or biking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Car travel was the most common method of commuting⁸, with 64 percent of men and 61 percent of women reporting they drove for all or part of their commutes⁹.

跟据疾控中心数据显示，在美国，大约有三分之一的成年人都肥胖，其中约18%的人选择步行或者骑自行车上班。开车是最常见的通勤方法，64%的男性和61%的女性表示，他们全部或者部分依靠私家车上下班。

Men and women who commuted to work by any means other than driving had lower body fat percentage and BMI compared to adults who commuted by car, researchers found.

研究人员发现，任何不开车上班的男性或者女性，体脂比和身高体重比都比开车上班的人低。

Even after accounting¹⁰ for a wide range of characteristics and lifestyle information about the participants, active commuting methods were linked to lower body weight and body fat.

即便在考虑到参与者的个性和生活方式信息之后，积极的通勤方式仍和低体重、低脂有关。

1 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

2 commuted   

通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 )； 减（刑）； 代偿

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。

3 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

4 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

5 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

6 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。

7 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

8 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。

9 commutes   

上下班路程( commute的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She commutes from Oxford to London every day. 她每天上下班往返于牛津与伦敦之间。
• Barbara lives in Oxford and commutes. 芭芭拉住在牛津，通勤往来。

10 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。