"These two lesser activity groups of women were significantly more likely to gain weight."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

We think a lot about weight in this country, but weight is a remarkably carefully controlled parameter of a person, that is, you have to work pretty hard to gain weight or to lose weight.

我们身在一个特别关注体重的国家,然而体重是一个,需要小心地控制地人体指标,这就是说,你必须付出相当多的努力,才能增加或减少体重

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

In that process there is a metabolic engine at work, and some people have an efficient engine so that the calories in get banked in the fat, other people have an inefficient engine, that is the calories get wasted as body heat and things like that, and they tend not to gain weight.

这过程中人体内有个工作着的代谢引擎,有些人的代谢引擎效率很高,热量便转化为脂肪储存起来,另一些人的效率低下,能量就以体温等形式被浪费了,因此他们就不容易发胖

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Being in a warmer environment,up to a point, will lead to decreased energy expenditure and therefore, at the same amount of food intake,weight gain."

VOA: special.2010.12.21

When men gain weight they tend to distribute it above the waist, abdominal obesity, or what's called the apple shape.

当男性体重增加,他们的身体趋向于,把脂肪储存在腰间,也就是腹部肥胖,也就是我们所说的苹果形身材

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The researchers say weight gain is probably to blame for the increase.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Let me ask another question, if you give this-- and we'll talk about this in a later lecture, but if you give this diet to laboratory animal-- rats, mice, whatever-- it's very common for animals to gain a good bit of weight when given access to this diet.

我们来看另一个问题,如果你给,我们将在以后的课上讨论这个话题,但如果你给实验室动物,像小白鼠之类的,给予某种类型的饮食,这种饮食习惯会使得体重增加

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The weight gain sparked concern among researchers who said further studies are needed to gauge the long term effects.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

"It was a large weight gain, ranging from eight to 15 percent of body weight, which is quite dramatic in just three months."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Dr.Correll says he hopes research will help design new drugs to block the weight gain.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08