肥胖和体内污染物累计水平有关.docVIP

肥胖与体内污染物累计水平有关 　　传统上认为，肥胖是人体摄入高热量食物与能量消耗对比的结果。　　 　　最新发表在《环境污染》杂志上的医学研究表明：一些持久性有机污染物的累计水平程度与个人的肥胖、血清胆固醇和甘油三酯有关，不论性别、年龄、居住地或者吸烟情况。 　　这篇研究分析了近300名男性和女性脂肪组织中的污染物积累程度。通过物质的分析，这些污染物被称为有机持久性污染物，可以在环境中保存多年，甚至几十年也不会退化掉。人类主要通过饮食暴露于这些污染物中，持久性的有机污染物在人体的脂肪中逐渐积累。 　　此次研究中，持久性有机污染物分析包括：　　DDE，杀虫剂DDT的主要代谢物，在1980年代被广泛的使用，目前DDE被一些国家用来对抗疟疾。　　杀虫剂林丹，在过去经常用在农业当中，治疗虱子和疥疮。　　多氯联苯，用于许多工业设备，以及一些仍然存在的旧变压器当中。 　　 　　所有的这些污染物都与肥胖的指标相关，以及与胆固醇或甘油三酯的水平相关。研究员Arrebola博士表示：“有机污染物积累水平较高的人群定量为更肥胖人群，同时他们也呈现出较高水平的胆固醇和甘油三酯，这些都被视为重要的心血管疾病的危险因素。尽管这些关系是复杂的，它们也并不是总呈现为线性模式。” 　　英文原文： Level of pollutants accumulated in the body linked to obesity levels This is a study published in the journal Environmental Pollution, included researchers from the University of Granada, the San Cecilio and Virgen de las Nieves university hospitals, and the Andalusian School of Public Health, all of them members of the Granada Biohealth Research Institute. This research has analysed the levels of pollutants accumulated in adipose tissue (fat) in nearly 300 men and women, who were attended in the surgery services of two hospitals in the province of Granada (Spain). The substances analysed, known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), can remain in the environment for years, even decades, without degrading. Humans are exposed to POPs mainly through diet. Besides, POPs accumulate gradually in body fat, and this is the reason why the median levels in our study give us an idea of an individuals accumulated exposition over a number of years, says Juan Pedro Arrebola, the main author of the article. Using complex statistical methods, these scientists confirmed that the accumulated levels of several POPs were related to obesity and to serum levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in individuals, irrespective of the gender, age, place of residence or smoking habits of participants in the survey. In general we found that people with higher levels of POPs were quantitatively more obese, and also showed higher levels of cholesterol and trig