雙語故事:爲什麼結了婚的人易發胖?

Married people are twice as likely to become obese than their single counterparts, scientists claim.
科研人員日前稱，已婚人士發胖的機率爲單身人士的兩倍。

Greek researchers found that married couples were more likely to become fat due to their significantly changed lifestyle as they "let themselves go".
希臘研究人員日前發現，已婚人士對自己“放任自流”，生活方式發生顯著變化，因此容易發胖。

Married men are three times as likely to suffer obesity while married women are twice as likely to have weight problems, it found.
調查發現，已婚男士肥胖的機率爲單身男士的三倍，而已婚女士肥胖的機率爲單身女士的兩倍。

The research, based on the study of more than 17,000 couples aged between 20 and 70, found that married couples exercised less frequently, had less sex, had poor nutrition and were "comfortable" in their lives.
該研究基於一項對17000對年齡在20歲到70歲之間的夫婦進行的調查。研究發現，人們在結婚後鍛鍊次數減少，性生活減少，營養不良，生活處於一種“安逸”狀態。

Married couples spend more time eating together, sit in front of the TV more and often order takeaway ready meals while exercising less.
已婚夫婦一起吃飯、坐着看電視的時間增多，他們經常叫外賣，同時鍛鍊次數減少。

Scientists from Salonica and Ioannina Universities, who presented their research on Friday to the Panhellenic Medical Conference, in Athens, concluded that "abdominal obesity, or belly fat" was the worst problem among married people.
來自希臘薩洛尼卡和約阿尼納大學的科研人員於上週五在雅典召開的泛希臘醫學大會上展示了他們的研究成果。研究人員得出結論：“啤酒肚”是已婚人羣中存在的最嚴重的問題。

Prof Dimitris Kiortsis, one of the study's co-authors, said that obesity was found to be directly related to a change in lifestyle.
研究報告的撰寫人之一迪米特瑞斯·奇奧爾特西斯教授說，肥胖與生活方式的改變直接相關。

Prof Kiortsis, from Ioannina University who is also president of the Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, said most married couples also have less sex, which is considered intense exercise that burns calories.
希臘肥胖醫學會主席、來自約阿尼納大學的奇奧爾特西斯教授說，大多數已婚夫婦性生活減少，而性生活被認爲是一種可燃燒熱量的高強度運動。

He said that unmarried individuals originally spend a lot of time keeping fit and making themselves attractive in order to find a partner "but once they get married they let themselves go".
他說，人們在單身時爲了尋找伴侶會花很多時間來保健和增強自身吸引力，“可一旦結了婚，他們就放任自流了”。

"The need to hunt for a partner is reduced," he said.
他說：“這是因爲他們沒有找對象的壓力了。”

"Stress and anxiety is reduced in a good marriage, there is less smoking, and therefore one's appetite increases."
“美滿的婚姻會減少人的壓力和焦慮感，同時吸菸量的減少會增強人的食慾。”

The study advised married couples to take up more exercise, to have only one home-cooked meal a day, to avoid snacks, and to follow a Mediterranean diet which includes a lot of fruit, vegetables and olive oil.
研究建議已婚夫婦多進行體育鍛煉，每天只吃一頓家常大餐，少吃點心，並遵循地中海食譜——多吃水果、蔬菜，食用橄欖油。