身材越好 头脑越聪明?

　　If you want to boost your child’s results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that an important part of the brain actually grows in children who are fit. These youngsters tend to be more intelligent and have better memories than those who are inactive.

　　如果您想让您家的孩子在学校的表现更加优异一些，那么就让他们锻炼身体吧，研究表明，身材苗条、匀称的孩子的脑子”更聪明“。这个可不是纸上谈兵，医学扫描已经显示出身材匀称孩子的一部分大脑发育比过胖的儿童要快，而这部分身材匀称的孩子恰恰是在学校成绩好、各方面表现优异的学生。

　　Scientists also found that one of the most important parts of their brains was 12 per cent larger than those of unfit youngsters. They believe that encouraging children to take exercise from a very young age could help them do better at school later. Researchers from the University of Illinois, in the U.S., studied the brains of 49 children aged nine and ten using a magnetic resonance imaging scan, a technique which provides very detailed pictures of organs and tissues in the body.

　　实验证明，聪明孩子的大脑中重要部分的体积要比身材过胖、或者不健康的孩子大12%。研究者相信，趁孩子年幼的时候多多鼓励他们运动可以帮助他们后天在学校的生活中发展更好。美国一所大学运用”磁共振“来进行实验，实验对象为49名9---10岁的儿童，这种技术可以精确的显示出人体器官以及各个组织的具体情况。