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1、研究：经济萧条对健康有益Whileaneconomiccrisisresultsinuntoldmiseryforcountriesandtheirpeople,anewstudyofhealthinCubahassuggestedtherecouldbeasilverliningduringleantimes.尽管经济危机会给许多国家及其人民造成难以名状的苦难，但是古巴的一项新健康研究指出，经济困难时期的黑暗也有一线光明。 Researchersappeartohaveimpliedthatpeoplecanloseweightduringarecessionduetoar

2、eductionineatingandincreasingphysicalactivity.  Theirdramaticfindings,publishedonlineintheBritishMedicalJournal,werebasedonastudyinCuba,wherethepopulationsufferedfoodandfuelshortagesfollowingtheeconomiccrisisoftheearly1990striggeredbythecollapseoftheSovietUnion.  Thisresultedinanaverageof4t

3、o5kg(8to11lbs)beingshedbythepeopleandsubsequentrapiddeclinesindeathsfromdiabetesandcoronaryheartdisease（冠心病）.  ThescientistsfromtheUniversityofAlcalá,inMadrid,alsodiscoveredthatwhenCubansputtheweightbackon,casesofdiabetessurgedagain.  TheresearchersconcludedthattheCubancrisiscouldhavelesson

4、sBritain. TheysuggestedthatanaverageweightlossofjustelevenpoundsacrosstheUKcouldcutdeathsfromheartdiseasebyathirdwhilethemortalityrateoftype2diabetes,theformoftheconditionrelatedtoobesity,couldalsobehalved.  Wholepopulationtrendsinfoodconsumptionandtransportpolicieslinkedtophysicalactivityc

5、ouldreducetheburdenoftwomajorillnesses,saidtheresearchers.  "DuringthedeepestperiodoftheeconomiccrisisinCuba,from1991to1995,foodwasscarceandaccesstogaswasgreatlyreduced,virtuallyeliminatingmotorisedtransportandcausingtheindustrialandagriculturalsectorstoshifttomanualintensivelabour,”saidPro

6、fManuelFranco,wholedtheinternationalteamofresearchersfromSpain,CubaandtheUnitedStates.  "Wefoundapopulation-widelossof4-5kginweightinarelativelyhealthypopulationwasaccompaniedbydiabetesmortalityfallingbyhalfandmortalityfromcoronaryheartdiseasefallingbyathird.  2"Sofar,nocountryorregionalpop

7、ulationhassuccessfullyreducedthedistributionofbodymassindexorreducedtheprevalenceofobesitythroughpublichealthcampaignsortargetedtreatmentprogrammes."2