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第一单元：腹部的累赘? New research points to waistline size as a better predictor of health By Amanda Spake 新的研究指出，腰围尺寸是更好的健康预报因素。 1、Does your belt need a new hole--or three? Has that spare tire made it hard to tie your shoes? And whats happened to clothing sizes? Why has everything become just too darn tight around the waist? If you find yourself asking these questions while you lie down on the bed, hold your breath, and try to get that zipper all the way up, join the club. Americans collective waistline is expanding--a lot. And medical researchers are beginning to understand the complex physiology behind a simple truth women have believed for centuries: the smaller the waist, the better the life. 你的腰带需要多扎1个—或三个—新孔吗？那个“肉肚”已使你系鞋带都困难了吗？衣服尺码又发生了什么变化？为什么腰部周围的一切都变得紧得要命？当你躺床在上屏住呼吸努力把拉链向上拉到尽头时，要是你发现自己在问这些问题，那咱们就都一样了。美国人的腰围正普遍在变粗—粗了很多。几个世纪以来，妇女们始终相信一条朴实的真理：腰越细，生活就越好—医学研究者们如今正开始了解这一简单真理背后的复杂的生理机能。? 2、Over the past 10 years, a raft of new studies have shown that predicting a persons long-term health may be as simple as taking a waist measurement. Fat around the waist has been linked to a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, hypertension, breathing problems, disability, some cancers, and higher mortality rates. The medical community once believed that it was weight itself or the body mass index that led to serious illness and earlier death, not where fat is located on the body. But recent research on the wonders of the fat cell has shown that not all fat is alike. Fat around the middle is largely visceral fat, a type of deep fat that packs itself around internal organs and secretes powerful body chemicals. Its this type of fat that sets off reactions in the body that lead to changes in arteries, organs, and cells that result in heart disease, diabetes, and probably some cancers. The more abdominal fat, the greater the risk of developing these conditions earlier. Its becoming clearer and clearer that body fat distribution is a critically important variable, says JoAnn