胡楊

A new study says that going to bed late may be bad for our health. It may even short-en our life. The study was carried out in the United Kingdom. Researchers spent six-and-a-half years looking at the lifestyles1 of 430，000 adults between the ages of 38 and 73. At the end of the study， the researchers compared the deaths of people who went to bed early to those who went to bed late. They found that night owls （people who go to bed late） were 10 percent more likely to die during the period of the study. The researchers concluded2 that night owls were at higher risk of an early death than early birds （people who slept early）. Night owls were also at a greater risk of poor health compared to early birds.

一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，晚睡可能對(duì)我們的健康有害，甚至可能會(huì)縮短我們的壽命。這項(xiàng)研究是在英國進(jìn)行的。研究人員花了六年半的時(shí)間，調(diào)查了43萬名年齡介于38至73歲成年人的生活方式。研究結(jié)束時(shí)，研究人員比較了那些早睡和晚睡的人的死亡率。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)“夜貓子”（晚睡的人），在研究期間早死幾率比早睡早起的人高出10%。研究人員得出的結(jié)論是：“夜貓子”比“早起的鳥兒”（早睡的人）早死的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)更高。與“早起的鳥兒”相比，“夜貓子”的健康狀況也更差。

The researchers said society and working patterns needed to change to reduce the risks of ill health for night owls. Researcher Malcolm van Schantz said， “This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored3.” He suggested that night owls should be allowed to start and finish work later in the day so they could sleep longer in the morning. The researchers said that night owls were more likely to suffer4 from mental problems， diabetes5， and stomach and breathing troubles. They were also more likely to smoke， drink alcohol6 and cof-fee， and take drugs. Researchers also said dif-ferent sleeping patterns during the week and at weekends could increase the chances of health problems for night owls.

研究人員表示，熬夜人士需要改善社交和工作模式，以減少“夜貓子”健康狀態(tài)不佳的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。研究人員馬爾科姆·凡·尚茨說：“這是一個(gè)不容忽視的公共衛(wèi)生議題。”他建議應(yīng)該允許“夜貓子”在當(dāng)天晚些時(shí)候開始及結(jié)束工作，這樣他們就可以在早上睡得更久一些。研究指出，“夜貓子”較易患上精神疾病、糖尿病、胃病和呼吸道疾病。他們也更有可能吸煙、飲酒、飲咖啡甚至吸食毒品。研究人員還說，工作日和周末不同的睡眠模式可能會(huì)影響“夜貓子”的健康，增加患病風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

Notes：

1. lifestyle n. 生活方式

2. conclude vt. 締結(jié)；得出結(jié)論；推斷出；決定

3. ignore vt. 忽視；不理睬

4. suffer vt. 遭受；忍受；經(jīng)歷

5. diabetes n. 糖尿病

6. alcohol n. 酒精