新奇事件簿 多讀書有助延長(zhǎng)壽命

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New research shows that people who read a lot live longer. The study was carried out by researchers from Yale University in the USA. The researchers said reading keeps the mind active, helps reduce stress and makes us take better care of our health. The researchers said that books help the brain more than newspapers and magazines, but any kind of reading will help us to live longer. Even reading for half an hour a day could help us to live longer. In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyles of 3,500 men and women over a 12-year period. They looked at their reading habits, health, lifestyle and their education. All of the people were at least 50 years old at the start of the research.

最新研究表明讀書多壽命長(zhǎng)。這是耶魯大學(xué)進(jìn)行的研究。研究人員稱閱讀保持大腦活躍，幫助緩解壓力，有助身體健康。稱書籍比報(bào)紙和雜志更有益大腦，但任何種類閱讀都有助延長(zhǎng)壽命。每天閱讀半小時(shí)就能有所幫助。在十二年間，研究人員對(duì)3500名男女的生活方式進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。對(duì)他們的閱讀方式、健康、生活方式以及教育進(jìn)行了研究。受訪者年齡至少在50歲以上。

The study is in the journal 'Social Science and Medicine'. It found that people who read for up to 3.5 hours a week were 17 per cent less likely to die during the study’s 12-year research period than those who read no books. Those who read for more than 3.5 hours a week were 23 per cent less likely to die. Researcher Becca Levy said: "Older individuals, regardless of gender, health, wealth or education, showed the survival advantage of reading books." She suggested people swap watching TV for reading to live longer. She said: "Individuals over the age of 65 spend an average of 4.4 hours per day watching television. Efforts to redirect leisure time into reading books could prove to be beneficial."

該研究刊登在了《社會(huì)科學(xué)與醫(yī)學(xué)》。發(fā)現(xiàn)在這十二年研究中，每周閱讀達(dá)到3.5小時(shí)的被調(diào)查者比不閱讀者的死亡率低17%。每周閱讀超3.5小時(shí)死亡率降低23%。研究學(xué)家貝卡·利維認(rèn)為：“無(wú)論性別、健康、貧富還是教育，老年人讀書會(huì)帶來(lái)生存優(yōu)勢(shì)。”她建議人們少看電視多讀書，確保益壽延年。她認(rèn)為：“65歲以上老人平均每天4.4小時(shí)電視時(shí)間。將閑暇時(shí)間用來(lái)讀書將受益匪淺。