在小盆友的卧室里摆放电视，会增加Ta的肥胖几率！英语读头条（第62期）

TVs in children's bedrooms 'increaserisk of obesity’

在小盆友的卧室里摆放电视，会增加Ta的肥胖几率

Children who have TVs in their bedroomsare more likely to be overweight than those who do not, a study by UniversityCollege London scientists suggests.

英国伦敦大学学院的科学家们说，那些卧室里面有电视的孩子或许会比没有电视的孩子们更容易体重超重。

For girls in particular, they found thelonger spent watching TV, the more likely children were to put on weight.

尤其对于女孩子们来说，在电视机前花时间越长，看来越容易长体重。

Researchers say there is now an urgentneed to see if similar patterns exist with laptops and mobile phones.

研究人员说，亟待证实手提电脑和手机是否也会引起相同的结果。

Experts said high levels of screen timeexposed children to a damaging combination of risks to health.

专家们说，在各类屏幕前花时间的比例越高，孩子的身体健康就会受到多重的威胁。

'Watch and weight’

看&重量

Published in the International Journalof Obesity, the study analysed data from more than 12,000 young children in theUK.

在国际肥胖期刊上刊登的这个研究，从12000个来自英国的孩子的数据上分析得到。

Scientists found more than half the childrenhad TVs in their bedrooms at the age of seven.

科学家们发现，超过半数的儿童在七岁的时候卧室里有电视。

Parents were also asked to rate how manyhours a day children generally spent watching TV.

家长们也被问到，一般来说，每天孩子们观看电视的时间。

Later, when the children were 11,researchers plotted their body mass index (a ratio of height and weight) andlooked at the percentage of body fat.

到孩子们11岁的时候，研究者们把他们的体重指数（身高与体重的比例）绘制成图，然后来看他们的身体的脂肪含量。

Girls who had TVs in their bedrooms atthe age of seven were 30% more likely to be overweight when they were 11,compared to children who did not have TVs in their bedrooms.

那些在7岁时卧室里有电视机的女孩子们在年纪到达11岁的时候，与那些卧室里没有电视机的孩子相比较，有30%的人超重。

For boys, the risk was increased byabout 20%.

男孩子呢，他们的比例大约是20%。

Researcher Dr Anja Heilmann, said:"Our study shows there is clear link between having a TV in the bedroom asa young child and being overweight a few years later.”

研究员安雅黑曼博士说：“我们的研究，可以清晰的看到在儿童的卧室里摆放电视机与几年后会导致儿童超重之间有联系。

Less sleep

减少睡眠

Researchers say they cannot be sure whythe link between TVs and being overweight exists, but suggest it may be down tochildren getting less sleep when watching TV in their bedrooms or snacking infront of their screens.

研究人员说，他们不能确定为什么电视机与超重有关联，但是这或许与儿童在卧室里看电视而睡眠减少、或者与他们对着屏幕吃零食有关。

And they hypothesise that the strongerlink between the hours girls spend watching TV and being overweight could beinfluenced by girls being less likely to be physically active than boys at thisage.

而且他们假设，女孩长时间看电视和超重，或许由于她们较同年龄的男孩更不愿意从事体育运动有关。

重点单词汇总

obesity ：肥胖症; 肥胖，过胖;

likely : 可能的

over weight : 过重;

put on weight : 体重增加; 发福;

snack : 点心; 加餐;

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016. 人教版八年级下册-不规则动词表（九）。

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