减肥也有益于大脑 让你更聪明

Losing weight is not only good for the waistline, it is good for the brain.
减肥不只有利于腰身，还对大脑有益。

Scientists say substantial weight loss improves cognitive functions like memory and concentration.
科学家称大幅度减肥提高人的认知功能如记忆和集中性。

Researchers carried out tests on 150 volunteers, all weighing over 21 stone, and compared them with results from healthy people.
研究人员对150名体重超过21英石的志愿者进行测试，并把研究结果跟健康人的结果做对比。

In some tests, including memory exams, almost a quarter of the overweight participants scored low enough to be considered learning disabled.
在一些测试中，包括记忆力测试，约有1/4肥胖参与者得分低到认为有学习障碍。来源:和谐英语学习网

Many of them had additional health problems, such as high blood pressure, type two diabetes and sleep apnea.
他们当中许多有其他的健康问题，如高血压，二型糖尿病和睡眠呼吸中止症。 

After the initial round of testing, two-thirds of the volunteers had gastric bypass surgery to reduce the size of the stomach and lost an average of about 3st 8lbs.
经过第一回合的测试，2/3志愿者进行胃绕道手术来减少胃的体积，平均约减少了3st 8lbs。

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