他的主要观点之一：过量饮食并不是由于缺乏自控，而是生理本能，并且这种生理挑战经由我们周围的食物环境而被强化了。

One of his main messages is that overeating is not due to an absence of willpower, but a biological challenge made more difficult by the overstimulating food environment that surrounds us.

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纽约大学的营养学家马里昂·奈瑟尔写得好，社会需要“净化食物环境，这样才能让那些父母和其他每个人都能更容易地作出明智的食物选择。”

As nutritionist Marion Nestle of New York University has written, society needs to “create a food environment that makes it easier for parents and everyone else to make better food choices.”

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食物必须在卫生的环境中制作。

Food must be prepared in hygienic conditions.

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But in cultures where the food environment doesn't represent the conditions the brain expects, you've got a mismatch.

但是当你所处的食物环境,不符合大脑的预期时,理想和现实错位了

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This idea that humans have evolved, that physical changes have occurred in humans as a consequence of their food environment, has led us to where we are now.

探讨人与食物的关系,探讨人类机体,由于食物环境而产生的变化,是我们今天坐在这里的原因

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However, their biological relatives in Mexico would presumably have that same risk, but it would never be manifested if they're not exposed to what some have called a toxic food and physical activity environment.

而且,他们远在墨西哥的血缘亲属,可能也面临同样风险,但他们面临着所谓的有毒食物和活动环境,这个说法就不会得到证实

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