女生须知:你的身材是"苹果"还是"梨"

　　She said: "Understanding biology through finding genes is just a first step in a long journey towards treatment, but it is a vital one. As efforts to tackle obesity through changes in lifestyle or by different treatment options have proved extremely challenging, the potential to alter patterns of fat distribution may offer an alternative for future drug discovery."

　　她说：“通过寻找基因变异来了解生物学，只不过是漫长治疗的第一步，但也是至关重要的一步。通过改变生活方式或者治疗方案的选择来解决肥胖问题已经被证明极具挑战性，所以通过潜在改变人体内脂肪分布模式发明药物将替代未来减肥方式。

　　However, they have a long way to go before mapping all the genetic reasons for such differences in body shape and mass.

　　然而，要发现导致人体身材和体质指数变化的所有基因还有很长一段路要走。

　　The 13 gene sets associated with "apples and pears" only account for about one percent of the variety in waist-to-hip ratios among the population. The 32 known "obesity genes" only account for 1.45 percent of the variation in BMI.

　　在所有人口中，决定“苹果型和梨形身材”的13组基因在人们腰围和臀围比例中只占百分之一。而32组“肥胖基因”在人体体质指数变化中只占1.45%的比例。