【英语阅读】研究表明：不吃早餐会使患心脏病风险增加87%

研究表明：不吃早餐会使患心脏病风险增加87%。（关注本站，每天一篇英文简报，了解世界，增进知识）

Skipping breakfast could raise your risk of heart disease by 87 percent, according to a new study.

一项新研究表明，不吃早餐会使患心脏病的风险增加87％。

 
Researchers at the University of Iowa analyzed 18 years of data on 6,550 people over 40 who had no history of heart disease.

爱荷华大学的研究人员分析了18岁以上的65岁以上无心脏病史的6,550名患者的数据。 

They were given regular surveys, which included the question: 'how often do you eat breakfast?'

他们定期接受调查，其中包括：“你多久吃一次早餐？”

Most (59 percent) ate breakfast every day, but 5.1 percent never did, 10.9 percent rarely did, and 25 percent would skip a few days.

大多数人（59％）每天都吃早餐，但5.1％的人从未吃过早餐，10.9％的人很少吃早餐，25％的人会跳过几天。

The team found a clear link between breakfast habits and heart disease risk.

该团队发现早餐习惯和心脏病风险之间存在明确的联系。 

Those who didn't eat in the morning were up to 87 percent more likely to develop heart woes.

那些早上不吃东西的人发生心脏病的可能性高达87％。

'Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, whereas there has been an increasing prevalence of skipping breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people skipping breakfast every day,' the authors write.

“早餐被认为是当天重要的一餐，而在过去的50年里，美国越来越多地不吃早餐，每天有多达23.8％的年轻人不吃早餐，”作者写。 

'However, studies on the health effects of skipping breakfast are sparse.'

“然而，关于不吃早餐对健康影响的研究很少。”

Those who didn't eat breakfast were more likely to smoke, scrimp on exercise, and drink alcohol.

那些不吃早餐的人更容易吸烟，啜饮运动，喝酒。