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Fat people have their leptin thermostats set high.
胖人的瘦蛋白控制所在的水平較高
They can be reset, but it
它們可以被更改
seems to be much easier to reset it up than down.
但是似乎變高比變低更容易
So it's easier to get fat than thin.
所以說變胖比變瘦容易一些
It seems as if our biology
似乎我們的生理狀態(tài)
is happy at the particular body composition
更易于接受某種特定的身體組成狀況
that we are, and if our health requires
如果我們需要通過
that we need to change our body weight to improve our health,
改變體重來變得更健康
it's a massive struggle that's a day, by day, by day exercise.
我們就需要大量日復(fù)一日的努力和練習(xí)
The discovery that there are genetic variations
關(guān)于不同的基因控制著
that govern our response to leptin,
我們對(duì)瘦蛋白的反應(yīng)
and therefore our appetite,
進(jìn)而控制我們食欲的發(fā)現(xiàn)
forced even expert doctors
促使甚至是專家醫(yī)師
to change their attitudes to their obese patients.
對(duì)于肥胖病人的態(tài)度轉(zhuǎn)變
I really judged them as being not strong enough
我過去認(rèn)為他們沒有毅力
to control their body.
無法控制自己的身體
But now I really know that there are genetic defects
但是現(xiàn)在我才知道這是基因在
that we can't control, that force us to eat,
迫使我們吃東西 我們無能為力
and I feel sorry for my patients
我對(duì)我的病人們感到抱歉
that I have misjudged and that I have been cruel to.
我對(duì)他們有過錯(cuò)誤的判斷并且過于嚴(yán)厲
