研究顯示 青少年運動量竟和60歲老人同一水平!

Teenagers have the same level of activity as an elderly person, a shocking study reveals.
一項令人震驚的研究顯示，年輕人的運動量和老年人處於同一水平。

Baltimore researchers found 'alarmingly low' rates of movement in older teens and declared that physical activity levels for all minors were much lower than expected.
巴爾的摩的研究人員發現，年齡較大的青少年的運動量“驚人的低”，並表示所有未成年人的運動量水平都比預期低得多。

The most astonishing finding was that 19-year-olds were so sluggish, they could be compared to an elder in their 60s.
最令人驚訝的發現是，19歲的年輕人非常懶散，他們的運動量竟然和60歲的老人差不多。

More than 50 to 75 percent of adolescents aren't meeting the suggested guidelines for daily activity amounts, resulting in this alarming sedentary lifestyle.
50%至75%的青少年沒有達到每日建議的運動量，從而養成了一種風險極高的久坐生活方式。

The new study by John Hopkins University suggest these low levels could be a factor in the growing epidemic of obesity in the US.
約翰·霍普斯金大學的這項新研究表明，運動量水平低可能是美國肥胖症日益流行的一個因素。

The report comes on the heels of a worldwide warning that computers and social media are wreaking havoc on the health of young people.
在此報告之前，曾有一項全球警告稱，電腦和社交媒體會損害年輕人的健康。

To conduct the study, public health researchers tracked the movements of six different age groups, from adolescence until late adulthood.
爲了進行這項研究，公共衛生研究人員對6個年齡組別的運動量水平進行了追蹤，範圍涵蓋了從青春期到成年晚期。

They found the only uptick in activity throughout a person's lifespan was after the age of 20 but that quickly declined after they turned 35 years old.
他們發現，人生中唯一一次運動量水平提升是在20歲之後，但是35歲之後就會迅速下降。

Experts were most concerned that teens were so idle they could be compared with an adult 40 years older than them.
專家們最擔心的是，年輕人實在是太懶惰了，運動量就跟比自己年長40多歲的老年人差不多。

The World Health Organization recommends at least 60 minutes of normal-to-high physical activity daily for children and adolescents.
世界衛生組織建議，兒童和青少年每日至少需要進行60分鐘正常或高強度的運動。