Anewstudysaysthatstandingupat

yourdeskdoesn’tactuallydecreaseyourriskofdeath-by-office,unless

you’rephysicallyactiveotherwise.

新研究表明：除非經(jīng)常鍛煉，否則站著工作也不會(huì)降低猝死風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

Afterseveralstudiesassertedthat

sittingatworkalldayisslowlykillingus,researchersatthe

UniversityofExeterandUniversityCollegeLondontookanotherlookat

theclaims.TheWashingtonPostreports:

此前，已有多項(xiàng)研究表明，久坐會(huì)慢慢地致人死亡。但?？巳卮髮W(xué)和倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的幾位研究員卻從另一角度進(jìn)行了研究。華盛頓郵報(bào)報(bào)道：

Researcherstracked16years’worthof

healthdatafrom5,132peopleintheWhitehallIIstudycohort.

Participantsreportedtheirtotaltimesittingandhowlongtheysat

duringfourdifferentsituations:atwork,watchingtelevision,leisure

timeandnon-televisionleisuretime.Researchersalsotrackedtime

spentwalkingdailyandonphysicalactivity.

此次研究的調(diào)查對(duì)象來自白廳二級(jí)定群研究，共5132人。研究人員對(duì)他們長(zhǎng)達(dá)16年

的健康數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行了跟蹤。調(diào)查對(duì)象需匯報(bào)他們坐下的總時(shí)長(zhǎng)，以及在四種不同場(chǎng)合??工作、看電視、業(yè)余活動(dòng)，以及不看電視的業(yè)余活動(dòng)??分別坐下的時(shí)長(zhǎng)。研

究人員還跟蹤調(diào)查了他們每日步行和運(yùn)動(dòng)的時(shí)長(zhǎng)。

Aftercontrollingforanumberof

factors,includingdietandgeneralhealth,researchersfoundthe

overallmortalityriskfortheseparticipantswasn’tinfluencedbyhow

longtheysatorbythekindofsitting.Andtheresearcherscautioned

thattoomuchemphasisonnotsittingshouldn’ttaketheplaceof

promotingphysicalactivity.

研究人員在控制了包括飲食、整體健康在內(nèi)的許多變量后，發(fā)現(xiàn)：調(diào)查對(duì)象的總死亡率不受久坐時(shí)間和坐姿的影響。研究人員告誡稱，人們不應(yīng)過份強(qiáng)調(diào)久坐的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，而忽視強(qiáng)調(diào)運(yùn)動(dòng)的重要。

What’sparticularlyinterestingabout

thestudy,publishedintheInternationalJournalofEpidemiology,is

thatresearchersdidn’tjustfocusonsittingduringtheworkday,but

factoredinallkindsofsitting-specificdataaswellasratesof

physicalactivity.Theirconclusionwasthat“sittingtimewasnot

associatedwithall-causemortalityrisk.”Basically,moreelementsare

inplaythanjustwhetheryou’resittingdownatwork,andyourlevels

ofphysicalactivityarethegreatesthealthindicator.

這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)表在《國(guó)際流行病學(xué)雜志》上。其中特別有趣的是，研究員沒有只研究人們?cè)诠ぷ鲿r(shí)的久坐情況，還考慮到了各種相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)和運(yùn)動(dòng)頻率。其結(jié)論是“久坐與全因死亡率無關(guān)”?？偠灾绊懡】档脑睾芏?，不僅僅在于是否在工作時(shí)久坐。最能體現(xiàn)健康狀況的是鍛煉情況。

Sowhatdoesthisallmean?Itappears

thattheactofworkingwhilestandingup?whichhasbeatrendy

thingtodo,especiallyintechoffices?doesn’thelpyourhealth,if

you’renotactuallyexercisingotherwise.Ifyounevermakeittothe

gym,youmightaswelljustsitdown.Thisisgoodnewsforthemakers

oftreadmilldesks,however.

所以這到底意味著什么?現(xiàn)在流行站著辦公，科技公司尤為突出。但是如果不鍛煉，站著工作也似乎沒什么用;如果永遠(yuǎn)都不去健身，還不如就坐著呢。這對(duì)跑步機(jī)辦公桌的生產(chǎn)商來說，可是個(gè)好消息。

ThelastofficewhereIworkedjumped

onthestandingdesktrendhard,installingdesksthatcouldberaised

forallworkers.Theyalsohadatreadmilldesk,andabikedesk.While

theoptiontostandiscertainlyniceasachangeinthemiddleofa

monotonousworkday,thisresearchsuggestsit’snotthecure-allthat

adherentswouldliketoclaim.

我之前工作的地方勉強(qiáng)跟上了站立式辦公桌的潮流，裝上了可隨意調(diào)節(jié)高度的桌子。此外，還有一張跑步機(jī)辦公桌和一張自行車辦公桌。當(dāng)然，在乏味的工作之余能站著工作也是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇，但研究表明，站著工作并不是所謂的萬靈丹。

“Ourstudyoverturnscurrentthinking

onthehealthrisksofsittingandindicatesthattheproblemliesin

theabsenceofmovementratherthanthetimespentsittingitself,”

studyauthorMelvynHillsdonoftheUniversityofExetersaidina

statement.“Anystationaryposturewhereenergyexpenditureislowmay

bedetrimentaltohealth,beitsittingorstanding.”

“我們的研究推翻了當(dāng)下人們對(duì)久坐危害的認(rèn)知，并指出危害健康的原因在于缺乏鍛煉，而不是久坐，”來自?？巳卮髮W(xué)的研究作者梅爾文?希爾斯頓在一份聲明中說道?！吧眢w靜止不動(dòng)，能量消耗就低，從而危害健康，不管是坐著還是站著都一樣?！?/p>

Thetakeawayhereispaniesthat

trulywanttoassistworkerhealthshouldinvestmoneyinoptionslike

freeexerciseclassesandgymreimbursements.Theyshouldencourage

employeestogooutsideandactuallywalkaround,notsimplystandupat

theirputers.Andmaybeitmeansthateveryonewhoinsiststhat

standingupistheonlywaytoworkcanclimbdownofftheirhighdesk.

這表明，真正關(guān)心員工健康的公司應(yīng)該把錢花在購(gòu)買免費(fèi)運(yùn)動(dòng)課程和報(bào)銷健身費(fèi)用上。公司應(yīng)鼓勵(lì)員工走出辦公室，四處走走，而不是只在電腦前站著工作?；蛟S這意味著那些堅(jiān)信“站著是唯一解決辦法”的人終于能從高高的桌子上爬下來了。

Vocabulary

treadmilldesk:跑步機(jī)辦公桌

detrimental:不利的;有害的

reimbursement:報(bào)銷

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