DIY or gardening may prolong life

园艺和手工有助于降低心脏病发作风险

Yuányì hé shǒugōng yǒu zhùyú jiàngdī xīnzàngbìng fāzuò fēngxiǎn

DIY or gardening may prolong life

《英国运动医学杂志》上发表的一篇报道显示,像手工制作或园艺这样的日常活动有可能使60岁以上的人的寿命延长30%.

Daily activities such as DIY or gardening may prolong life by up to 30% in the 60 age group, a report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed.

据英国《卫报》报道,任何热衷园艺的人都会同意,漫长的冬天过后,看见新芽萌发的那一刻,他们会感到很满足.

As any committed gardener will confirm, seeing the first shoots of life emerge after the winter months can provide a deep sense of satisfaction.

但是现在园丁们又有另外一个值得神气的理由：一项针对斯德哥尔摩市近4000名60岁老人的研究表明,经常从事园艺或手工制作可以降低心脏病发作或中风的风险,还能使60岁以上的人的寿命延长30%.

But gardeners now have another reason to feel rather smug – regular gardening or DIY can cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and prolong life by as much as 30% among the 60-plus age group, according to a study of almost 4,000 60-year-olds in Stockholm.

研究发现,即使是那些退休后跑马拉松的人,患病的风险也没有比从事园艺的人低.慈善机构AgeUK最近的一项研究表明,园艺是退休老人最喜爱的消遣.园艺同定期锻炼一样对人体健康有诸多益处.

The research found that even those who spent their retirement training for marathons were not at less risk than the green-fingered group. Gardening – voted pensioners' favorite pastime in a recent study by Age UK – provided as many health benefits as regular exercise.

"我们的发现对老年人来说尤其重要,因为和其他年龄段的人相比,他们很难达到专家建议的运动强度水平,因此习惯于花相对更多的时间在日常活动上."科学家在《英国运动医学杂志》上写道.

"Our findings are particularly important for older adults, because individuals in this age group tend, compared with other age groups, to spend a relatively greater proportion of their active day performing [routine activities] as they often find it difficult to achieve recommended exercise intensity levels," the scientists wrote in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

词语解释

延长 （yáncháng） prolong

心脏病 （xīnzàngbìng） heart attack

消遣 （xiāoqiǎn） pastime

(Source: myechinese.com)