And they had fewer preterm births and fewer babies with low birth weight.

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Like somebody, for example, who has got extremely low weight might be that, and that explains part of it.

比如说那些体重非常轻的人,这解释了部分原因

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Okay, so the eating disorders that would -might push weight low might be causing some of the health consequences. Yes?

你说的是饮食不规律导致的体重过轻,会引起健康问题,请说

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That little J shaped curve is explained primarily by cigarette smoking because that keeps weight down in people, it also makes people sick so that their weight gets low because of that, and it explains the high rates of the disease risk there.

这个小J形曲线主要是由吸烟引起的,因为吸烟一方面能让体重降低,另一方面也引起疾病,疾病让人们的体重下降,这也解释了这里的高患病风险

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