研究顯示 每天10分鐘劇烈運動可防止超重

A recent Finnish study showed that 10 minutes of vigorous exercise everyday is enough to prevent a child from becoming overweight, Finnish national broadcaster Yle reported last Wednesday.

芬蘭國家廣播電臺Yle上週三報道稱，芬蘭最近的一項研究表明，每天10分鐘的劇烈運動足以防止兒童超重。

The research conducted by the University of Eastern Finland was published on the latest issue of Sports Medicine.

由東芬蘭大學進行的這項研究發表在了運動醫學雜誌的最新一期中。

A total of 410 children aged six to eight years from Kuopio, eastern Finland, participated in the study.

共有410名來自芬蘭東部庫奧皮奧的6至8歲兒童參加了這項研究。

Researchers examined the conditions of physical activity and physical inactivity among the children, and the impact on the children's amount of adipose tissue and endurance fitness.

研究人員檢查了有體力活動和沒有體力活動的兒童的情況，以及兒童的脂肪組織量和耐力的影響。

The study showed that children who did strenuous exercise for ten minutes every day had 26 percent to 30 percent less adipose tissue than their peers who were physically inactive.

研究顯示，每天進行10分鐘劇烈鍛鍊的兒童的脂肪組織比不鍛鍊的同齡人要少26％至30％。

Furthermore, even substituting 10 minutes of light physical activity for the equivalent time of passive sitting reduced the fat mass in children's body by 13 percent.

此外，即使以10分鐘的輕體力活動替代同等時間的被動坐姿，也能使兒童身體的脂肪量減少13％。

Based on the results of the study, small changes in habits of physical activity could effectively affect children's weight control and endurance.

該研究結果還顯示，身體活動習慣的微小變化可以有效地影響兒童的體重控制和耐力。

Increasing physical activity and reducing sitting time are important ways to prevent obesity and improve aerobic fitness during childhood, the study concluded.

研究結論稱，增加體力活動、減少坐着的時間是預防肥胖和提高兒童期有氧健身的重要方法。