This would be an average adult male, 30 years old, the average height and weight, and surface area and temperature, and lots of characteristics of an average person.

包括普通成年男性,三十岁,平均身高和体重,平均表面积和体温,还有许多其他数据

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

As we'll discuss in the class, and most of you probably know this, your body weight is a function of how many calories you take in and how many calories you burn off through metabolic processes but also physical activity.

我们将会讲到,而且你们中的大部分人可能也知道,你的体重随着卡路里的摄取量,和代谢中的消耗量而变化,还跟肢体活动有关

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

We take in a lot of food and water everyday, every year, and yet most of us our weight stays remarkably stable over that period of time for adults despite how much we eat and how much we drink.

日复一日年复一年,我们都摄入大量的食物和水,但我们绝大部分人的体重,在成年期都保持得很稳定,不管我们怎样大吃大喝

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

If you look at weight and risk of Type Diabetes you start to see something pretty interesting.

在体重和II型糖尿病患病风险的关系中,我们能得出更有趣的发现

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选