新奇事件簿 社會地位低對健康不利
A new study shows that having a low social status can be bad for our health. The study was on monkeys. Researchers from Duke University in the USA looked at the behaviour and health of 45 female monkeys and found that those with a lower social status had more health problems. The monkeys were split up into five groups of nine. The researchers gave the monkeys in each group time to get to know each other. Then they took one monkey from each group and put her into another group. This meant she was the "new girl" and was at the bottom of the group. When scientists checked the health of the monkeys, they found that the "new girl" was unhealthier than the other monkeys.
一項新的研究發(fā)現，社會地位低對我們的健康不利。這項研究是對猴子進行的。來自美國杜克大學的研究人員查看了45只雌性猴子的行為和健康狀況，發(fā)現社會地位較低的猴子健康問題更多。這些猴子被分成五組，每組九只。研究人員給每組猴子足夠的時間來相互了解。然后他們從每組猴子中挑選出一只放進另外一組。這意味著她是新來的，在新的一組中處于最底層。當科學家檢查這些猴子的健康狀況時，他們發(fā)現新來的猴子比其他猴子健康狀況更差。
The researchers said that although their study focused on monkeys, the findings could also be true for humans because we share a lot of our DNA with monkeys. Professor Graham Rook, from University College London, told the BBC News that the findings of the study may also apply to humans. He said governments must understand that people with a lower social status suffer more from health problems. He said that just because "people at the bottom" have got cars and TVs, it does not mean they are happy. If they feel they are at the bottom compared with richer people, their health will worsen. People who are richer can live up to two decades longer than those who are poorer.
研究人員表示，盡管研究是針對猴子進行的，然而人類應該也是這樣，因為我們和猴子有許多類似的DNA。來自倫敦大學學院的Graham Rook教授告訴BBC新聞，該研究的結果也適用于人類。他說，政府應該理解，社會地位低的人存在更多健康問題。他說，底層的人擁有了汽車和電視并不意味著他們快樂。如果他們感到自己比有錢人的地位低，他們的健康狀況就會惡化.富有的人可能比貧窮的人多活20年。
