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According to research conducted at the University of Colorado, living in low-income neighborhoods puts young people at a higher risk of obesity.
根據科羅拉多大學的研究，生活在低收入地區的年輕人有更高患肥胖的風險。
Dr. Adam Lippert, an assistant professor at Colorado University in Denver says The research demonstrates that the long-term residential experiences of teenagers can affect their life-long health.
丹佛科羅拉多大學助理教授亞當博士稱，研究表明青少年長期居住的經歷會影響他們的終身健康。
Researchers examined census data for 12,164 adolescents in grades 7 through 12, who were then followed for 13 years.
研究人員考察了12164名7至12歲青少年的人口普查數據，他們隨后被觀察13年。
The data showed adolescents living in poorer neighborhoods were more likely to be obese, or to become obese, than those living in higher-income areas.
數據顯示，相比于生活在收入高的地區，生活在貧困地區的青少年更可能肥胖，或變得肥胖。
Even just moving to low-income neighborhoods was shown to increase the risk.
甚至僅僅是移居到低收入地區都會增加風險。
Over longer periods of time spent living in destitute areas, the researchers saw a correlation between a lack of exercise amenities, healthy food sources and increased stress with the higher risk for obesity.
在貧困地區度過的時間越長，研究人員發現缺乏鍛煉設施、健康的食物來源以及增加的壓力與高肥胖風險的相關性。
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