day - would you do it?

你會去做嗎？

Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - and I’ll admit it: I’m not a runner. I tried to run

大家好，我是Dnews的Tara - 在這邊我要承認：我不擅長跑步。我曾經嘗試

a half-marathon back in 2008, but then I injured my knee and it all went to hell. So imagine

在2008年跑半馬拉松，但之後我的膝蓋受傷，生不如死。所以想像

my surprise, when a new study pops up this week in the Journal of the American College

我有多驚訝，當一個新的研究在這週的美國心臟病學學會雜誌上發表

of Cardiology - that says you don’t have to go the distance, to reap the benefits of

它告訴你，你不需要跑很長的距離，就可以獲得跑步帶來的

running. Turns out, all it takes - is 7 minutes a day!

好處。研究發現，你只需要"每天花7分鐘"！

The article shares the results of a 15-year-long cohort study of over 55,000 adults, to see

文章分享了一個世代研究長達15年，超過55000的成人的試驗結果，

whether running could reduce someone’s risk of death from anything - not just heart disease.

看是否跑步可以降低人們的死亡風險 - 不僅僅是心臟病。

Now because it is a cohort study, it can’t technically conclude that running is what

現在因為這只是一個軍隊實驗，並無法以科學的角度結論跑步可以

causes the reduced risk of death - but the correlation is there, and it paints a pretty

降低死亡風險 - 但很明顯能看到關聯性，而且情況

clear picture.

一清二楚。

People who run, even in modest amounts, of 51 minutes a week - were found to have a 45%

儘管一週只適度地跑51分鐘，這些人被發現相較於不跑步的人，

reduction in the risk of cardiovascular-related death, and a 30% overall reduction in any

可以降低45％心血管疾病的致死率，而有30%的機率

type of death, compared to non-runners. This means that, on average, running can increase

可以降低任何一種病症導致的死亡。 這告訴我們，平均而言，跑步可以增加

someone’s life expectancy by about three years.

3年的平均壽命。

Now 51 minutes a week, or about 7 minutes a day - isn’t exactly a tall order. But

現在一周跑51分鐘，還是1天7分鐘不是最主要的。

the study also took other factors into account - like distance, and speed - and found that

但研究也在報告加入了其他因素，例如：跑的距離跟速度，但發現這些

even they don’t make much of a difference at all. Even a light jog can significantly

並不會產生多大的影響，即便是慢跑也可以大量

reduce one’s mortality risk. Although they did find that persistent runners - people

降低死亡率。學會研究發現規律並持續跑步的人，

who do it regularly - had the best outcomes, with an average 50% reduction in cardiovascular-related

獲得最多的效益，可以降低50％心血管疾病的致死率，

deaths, and 29% reduction in overall mortality.

29%的機率降低其他疾病的死亡率。

Pretty impressive. Although it is worth noting that while certain things were adjusted for

令人非常讚嘆！不過運動的強度在某些特定的情況下是必須適當調整的，

- like age, smoking, alcohol consumption, and family history of heart disease - diet

例如：年齡、吸菸、飲酒和家族心臟病病史，

was not adjusted for, which can have a pretty big influence on someone’s health status.

飲食並不在調整範圍內，這可能會對健康造成巨大的影響。

Researchers also note that while it is a big study, most of the people who participated

研究人員也在這偉大的研究註明，大多數參與試驗的人員

were white, middle-to-upper class adults. So it’s not totally clear how their results

為中年以上的白人，所以無法完全的將結果套用在

apply to other populations.

其他人口上。

In any case, it’s still promising to know that even the most minimal amount of exercise

不管如何，這份研究仍然讓大家抱持希望，知道少量的運動就可以

can have positive effects on your health. And hopefully, that’ll encourage some of

對健康有正向的效益。希望這也能鼓勵大部分的人

us - myself included - to not be so intimidated by the thought of working out. I’m sure

-包括我在內-不必被要鍛鍊身體的想法而感到威脅。我相信

all of us out there would agree that 7 minutes a day - is something we can all make time for.

我們大家都認可"每天運動7分鐘"，是我們可以擠出時間去實行的。

What do you guys think? Is exercise less scary to you now? Let us know your thoughts in the

你們怎麼想呢？現在還覺得運動很可怕嗎？在底下留言跟我們說

comments below, and as always - thank you guys for watching!

你的看法，最後-謝謝你們的觀賞！