啤酒肚不是喝出來的

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2015年06月23日

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　　Beer lovers across Britain will be raising a glass to the latest research on drinking.

　　For scientists have discovered that the so-called 'beer belly' is not caused by consuming alcohol – but more to do with genetics.

　　A study of thousands of beer drinkers found that although people who drink regularly are more likely to put on weight， they do not necessarily accumulate fat around the abdomen.

　　Researchers monitored more than 20，000 people – 7，876 men and 12，749 women – over an average of eight-and-a-half years.

　　John Daly's bare belly

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　　Men who were classed as the heaviest drinkers – regularly consuming two pints of beer a day – put on the most weight.

　　But when the researchers then measured hip-to-waist ratios to establish which drinkers developed a pot belly， the results were randomly spread across all drinking groups.

　　The scientists concluded that genetic factors dictating how people put on weight were more significant than drinking beer.

　　However， they insist that their findings do not mean that drinking should be encouraged， and recommend giving up alcohol completely to avoid gaining weight.

　　In the study they measured participants' weight， waist and hip circumference at the start and then asked them to document their measurements regularly themselves.

　　The results were adjusted for variables including illness， the menopause， dieting and smoking.

　　The men most likely to put on weight were those who drank the most and also those who drank no beer at all.

　　Light drinkers saw the least variation in their waist size. For women， drinking more beer was more directly associated with piling on the pounds.

　　But for all the categories， drinking beer led to overall weight gain on both the waist and the hips， and did not necessarily lead to a beer belly.

　　The study stated： 'This analysis showed the empirical basis for the common belief of a beer belly， as we found that beer drinking and waist circumference were positively associated.

　　'However， our data provided only limited evidence for a site-specific effect of beer drinking on waist circumference， and beer consumption seems to be rather associated with an increase in overall body fatness.

　　'In terms of public health relevance， it may be therefore important to focus on beer abstention to maintain body weight.

　　'In terms of the beer belly belief， an explanation could be that all the observed beer bellies in the population result from the natural variation in fat patterning and not from the fact of drinking beer.'

　　The study， which was carried out by German and Swedish researchers， was published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

　　Beer contains no fat and， measure for measure， has fewer calories than wine. A pint of beer contains about 200 calories， whereas the same volume of wine contains nearly 400.

　　全英國愛喝啤酒的人們會為最近一項(xiàng)有關(guān)飲酒的研究而舉杯歡慶。

　　因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)家們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)所謂的'啤酒肚'并不是由于大量引用酒精--但是卻與基因有很大關(guān)系。

　　一項(xiàng)對成千上萬的飲啤酒者進(jìn)行的研究表明，盡管經(jīng)常喝酒的人更容增重，但是他們并不一定將脂肪堆積在腹部。

　　研究者們在平均八年半的時(shí)間里跟蹤調(diào)查了超過2萬人--7876名男性與12749名女性。

　　John Daly's bare belly

　　露出的肚皮：高爾夫選手約翰·戴利的胃部尺寸可能和他的基因有關(guān)，而不是飲啤酒

　　被歸為飲酒最多的一類的男性--每日定量地喝兩品脫啤酒的--增重最多。

　　但是當(dāng)研究者們接下來測量臀圍腰圍比以證實(shí)那哪種飲酒者會喝出啤酒肚，在所有的測試組織中這一結(jié)果是隨機(jī)地分散開的。

　　科學(xué)家們推斷基因因素比飲用啤酒更能決定了人們怎樣增重。

　　然而，他們堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為他們的研究成果并不意味著飲酒應(yīng)當(dāng)受到鼓勵，并建議完全放棄飲用酒精以避免增重。

　　在此項(xiàng)研究中他們稱了參與者的體重、最初參與研究時(shí)的腰臀圍并要求他們隨后自己定期記錄測量數(shù)據(jù)。

　　結(jié)果會因變數(shù)而異，這種變數(shù)包括疾病，絕經(jīng)，飲食與吸煙。