第1期快餐无罪 - 英语阅读

Innocent Fast Food Restaurant
快餐无辜
A study by academics from the University of California and
加利福尼亚大学和
Northwestern University claimed that "the causal link
西北大学的一项研究发现
between the consumption of restaurant foods and obesity is
"快餐食物和肥胖之间
minimal at best."
并没有必然联系"。
It argued that a tax on high-calorie food, as proposed by
在英国和美国，
many health campaigners in the US and Britain,
众多的健康人士建议对高卡路里食物征税，
may therefore not be an effective way for governments to
但是这项研究却表明这样做也许并不是政府
tackle the problem.
解决肥胖问题的有效途径。
The study analyzed data compiled by the US Department of
该研究分析了由美国农业局统计的关于美国
Agriculture on calorie intake around the country.
各个地区人们卡路里摄入量的数据。
It found that people living closer to restaurants were not
结果发现住在餐馆附近的人
significantly more likely to be obese than people living
并不比远地方的人更加肥胖，
further away,
这就意味着离快餐店近并不是造成肥胖的直接原因。
indicating that easy access to restaurants had little effect.
该研究同时还表明虽然快餐食物通常含有
It also showed that while restaurant meals typically held more
比家里自制的食物更高的卡路里，
calories than home-produced food,
但是人们在吃完快餐食物之后往往会减少一天食物的摄入量，
many customers often offset this by eating less throughout the
这样副作用就抵消了。
rest of the day.
研究表明，在餐馆吃饭的肥胖人士在自己家里的时候往往
Obese people who ate at restaurants, the study indicated,"also
也会吃得很多。
eat more when they eat at home."
美国政府估计每一百个美国人中间
The US government estimates that about one in three Americans,
就有一个肥胖者。
or 100 million in total, are obese.
上个月的一项调查预估到2020 年75%的美国人
Last month it was predicted that 75 percent of Americans would
都会超重。
be overweight in 2020.
肥胖问题每年都会花费美国政府1500 亿到
The problem is thought to cost Americans between $150 billion
1700 亿美元的医疗费用。
and $170 billion in annual medical costs.
该研究的作者，迈克尔·安德逊和大卫·麦莎写到，
The study’s authors, Michael Anderson and David Matsa, wrote:
"尽管向高卡路里食物征税
"While taxing restaurant meals might cause bese consumers to
可能改变人们的就餐地点，
change where they eat,
但是却不能改变他们潜在的
our results suggest that a tax would be unlikely to affect their
过度
underlying tendency to overeat."
饮食的习惯。"