鸟类以皮下脂肪沉积或“身体储备”的形式储存能量；通过测量体重的变化，可以可靠地估计这些储备的变化。

Birds store energy as subcutaneous fat deposits or "body reserves"; changes in these reserves can be reliably estimated by measuring changes in body mass.

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而这幅图显示了你过去，现在和后来体重的变化。

This graph shows what happens to your weight before, during and after the diet.

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即使那样，你也需要经常对自己的体重的变化保持警醒。

Even then, you may always have to remain vigilant about your weight.

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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

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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

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You could take weights on people measured over a period of many years and look at the variability over time in weight and then link it to things like heart disease and cancer, and I'll come back later and talk about the results of that particular study.

我们还可以得到人们很长一段时间里,每年的体重数据,观察体重随着时间变化的变动,并将观察结果与心脏疾病和癌症联系起来,我等一下会告诉大家这项研究的结果

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