新奇事件簿 孩子們比三十年前跑得更慢

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A new report from the American Heart Association says fitness levels in children are lower today than they were 30 years ago. The researchers looked at data from the past 46 years. The statistics were on more than 25 million children in 28 countries. The research team found that on average, today's children run one kilometre about one minute slower than their parents did three decades ago. The figures were roughly the same for boys and girls. The distance a child can run is decreasing by around half of one per cent every year. One of the biggest reasons for the slowdown in children's running ability is obesity. Kids are overweight because they are eating too much and not exercising enough.

來(lái)自美國(guó)心臟病協(xié)會(huì)一份新的報(bào)告表示，現(xiàn)今孩子的身體素質(zhì)水平低于30年前。研究人員查看了過(guò)去46年的數(shù)據(jù)。統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)是針對(duì)28個(gè)國(guó)家超過(guò)2500萬(wàn)兒童進(jìn)行的。研究團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，今天的孩子們跑完1000米用的時(shí)間平均比他們的父母30年前多一分鐘。男孩和女孩的數(shù)據(jù)大致相同。孩子們可以跑的距離平均每年減少0.5%。孩子們奔跑能力下降的一個(gè)最大原因就是肥胖。孩子們出現(xiàn)肥胖問(wèn)題是由于吃的太多，同時(shí)沒(méi)有足夠的運(yùn)動(dòng)量。

The researchers say their report is worrying. If children are becoming fatter and less fit, they will be unhealthier in the future. Lead researcher Dr Grant Tomkinson said: "If a young person is generally unfit now, then they are more likely to develop conditions like heart disease later in life." Dr Tomkinson said: "We need to help to inspire children and youth to develop fitness habits that will keep them healthy now and into the future. They need to choose a range of physical activities they like or think they might like to try, and they need to get moving." He added: "Young people can be fit in different ways. They can be strong like a weightlifter, or flexible like a gymnast, or skillful like a tennis player."

研究人員表示，他們的報(bào)告非常令人擔(dān)憂。如果孩子們?cè)絹?lái)越胖，身體素質(zhì)越來(lái)越差，將來(lái)就會(huì)更加不健康。首席研究員Grant Tomkinson博士表示：“如果年輕人現(xiàn)在不那么健康，那么今后患心臟病等疾病的可能性就更高。”Tomkinson博士表示：“我們需要激勵(lì)兒童和年輕人養(yǎng)成健身習(xí)慣，幫助他們現(xiàn)在和將來(lái)更加健康。他們需要選擇一些自己喜歡或者想要嘗試的體育活動(dòng)，需要運(yùn)動(dòng)起來(lái)。”他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“年輕人可以通過(guò)不同的方式保持健康。他們可以像舉重運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣強(qiáng)壯，或者像體操運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣柔韌，也可以像網(wǎng)球運(yùn)動(dòng)員那樣靈活。”