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Being physically active has numerous benefits. Now a study has looked closely at the effects of fitness in the midlife years for preventing debilitating chronic diseases later.
活動身體有許多益處。如今有一項研究仔細觀察了中年人健身對以后身體預防慢性疾病的影響。
The ongoing study gathered fitness stats for more than 18,000 adults, and followed their health status into old age. Assessing 40 years of that data, the analysis finds that those who had higher fitness levels in their 30s, 40s and 50s were substantially less likely to have a chronic condition between the ages of 70 and 85. The findings are in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
這項研究還在進行中，期間共收集了超過一萬八千名成人的健身資料并跟蹤他們步入老齡期的健康狀況。評估分析了40年的數據后，研究人員發現那些在30至50歲期間經常鍛煉的人，活到70—85歲時患上慢性疾病的幾率大大減少。這項研究發表在內科醫學檔案上。
Physical fitness seemed to stave off heart disease and heart failure, which might not be a big surprise. But it also reduced rates of diabetes, kidney disease and even Alzheimer's disease.
健身似乎能抵御心臟病和心力衰竭，這早就不讓人感到新奇。然而健身還能降低糖尿病、腎臟疾病甚至是阿爾茨海默氏癥的患病幾率。
Current recommendations suggest adults make time for at least 20 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day, such as fast walking, jogging, biking or swimming. Busy middle-aged people might find it especially hard to make time for such exercise. But a small investment looks like it could pay big health dividends for decades to come.
目前的建議是成年人至少每天騰出20分鐘做中度或者劇烈運動，例如快走，慢跑，騎自行車或者游泳。繁忙的中年人可能很難騰出時間來鍛煉。但看起來很小的投資會為你今后幾十年的健康帶來很多益處。
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