"We found that physical activity was effective in controlling weight only among women who started off with a normal BMI."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

This normal weight animal like this has its whole equilibrium thrown off, its homeostasis thrown off when its dietary conditions change.

在饮食条件发生变化时,这些正常体重动物的生理平衡被打破,于是摈弃了原来的平衡饮食

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

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

For many people trying to shed a few kilograms, it's hard enough to lose the weight, but many experts say it's even harder to keep the weight off.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Some people can fight the brain off in this case, and control their food intake, maintain a healthy diet, and maintain a normal weight, but the number of such people in the population is shrinking by the day.

有些人可以抵制大脑的控制,控制食物的摄入量,维持健康饮食 保持正常体重,而今,这类人的数量日益减少

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选