原标题：Watching TV Increases Risk of Heart Disease

原作者：Jeffery  嘉宾译者：Youngduck （大学教师，兼驿路的高中好友）

TV is not your friend. In fact, according to a new study, it's your mortal enemy. Researchers have discovered that every hour per day spent watching television increases your chance of dying from heart disease by one-fifth.

电视不是你的朋友。根据最新研究，事实上电视是你不共戴天的敌人。科研人员发现每天大部分时间花在看电视上的人会增加百分之二十罹患心脏病的机会。

We all know a sedentary lifestyle can lead to disastrous health problems, but this new study shows even the most physically fit are at risk for heart disease when they spend a good amount of time watching tv.

我们都知道久坐的生活方式可能引起灾难性的健康问题。但是新的研究表明，即使一个大部分身体机能健康的人当他将大部分时间用于看电视的时候就存在得心脏病的风险。

"Even if someone has a healthy body weight, sitting for long periods of time still has an unhealthy influence on their blood sugar and blood fats," says Professor David Dunstan, the study's lead researcher. Australian scientists, lead by Prof. Dunstan, looked at about 9,000 people over the course of six years, grouping them into categories depending on how much television they watched. The group that watched the most (four or more hours a day) were 80% more likely to develop heart disease and die from it.

大卫·邓斯坦教授说“久坐即使是对体重建康的人也会对其血糖和血脂产生负面影响”。过去的六年时间在大卫·邓斯坦教授的带领下，澳大利亚的科学家们将九千个观察对象按照看电视时间的多少分组。看电视最多的那个组（四个小时以上）有百分之八十以上的人可能得了心脏病并且死于心脏病。

According to Professor Dunstan, this has as much to do with the fact that television is the most popular form of leisure as it does that our general lifestyles have changed. "What has happened is that a lot of the normal activities of daily living that involved standing up and moving the muscles in the body have been converted to sitting," he said. "Technological, social, and economic changes mean that people don't move their muscles as much as they used to - consequently the levels of energy expenditure as people go about their lives continue to shrink."

根据大卫·邓斯坦教授教授的研究，我们的基本生活体系已经发生了很大变化，看电视已经成为最普遍的的休闲方式。他认为：“很多日常的行为活动比如站立、活 动现在都转化为“坐”这一种行为。技术、社会、经济的变化意味着人们不再需要像以前那样依赖肌肉运动。所以，人们用于生命必须的能量消耗将会持续萎缩。”

So what should you do? Get moving! Find creative ways to keep mobile -- bike instead of drive, do chores while watching tv, throw away the remote -- and you'll give yourself the best chance for a long and healthy life.

既然如此，你要做什么呢？当然是运动！骑自行车代替开汽车，一边做家务一边看电视，扔掉遥控器。发现有创意的行为来保持运动，你就等于给自己选择了健康长寿的生活方式。

Unless, of course, it's getting late and you need comedy. Then you should watch Conan O'Brien before NBC gives him away.

除非时间太晚了，你需要看些喜剧来助睡。那就在Conan O'Brien离开NBC之前，看看他最后的节目吧。
〔注〕Conan O'Brien是美国著名脱口秀主持人，他将于今年1月22日最后播出一次喜剧谈话节目《Tonight Show》，然后离开美国国家广播公司（NBC）。

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