时差N小时 快餐或增加患抑郁症几率(下)

The study, done by researchers at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada,

这份研究是由拉斯帕尔马斯大学与格拉纳达大学的研究人员合力完成的，

followed nearly 9,000 participants for six months none of whom had been diagnosed with depression or had taken antidepressants.

他们用6个月的时间跟访了近9000名参与者，这些人此前从未患过抑郁症或服用任何抗抑郁药物。

They found that those who ate the most fast food were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression as those who ate little or none.

研究人员发现，经常食用快餐的人被诊断患抑郁症的概率几乎是那些少吃或不吃快餐的人的两倍。

Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that eating fast food causes depression.

当然，这并不一定意味着吃快餐会患抑郁症。

It could be the other way around that people who become depressed¹ for whatever reason tend to eat more fast food.

有可能是因某种原因患有抑郁症的人更喜欢吃快餐。

But while it’s not certain that consuming fast food causes depression, the chance that it might is yet another reason to get off the fast food track and opt² for more healthful options.

虽然无法确定吃快餐是否会导致抑郁，但患上抑郁症的风险也让我们有理由远离快餐，寻求更加健康的饮食方式。

1 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

2 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？