父母們! 請不要隨便評論女兒的體重!
Well-intentioned comments about your daughter's weight could have long-term negative consequences for her health, according to new research from scientists at Cornell University.
康奈爾大學的科學家調查研究顯示，善意的評論女兒的體重也許亦會對她的身體健康造成長期消極的影響。Researchers didn't make a distinction between positive or negative comments in the study, but they found that any comment a girl remembered hearing about her weight predicted a heavier body mass index and more dissatisfaction with her body as an adult — even if she wasn't overweight.
調查人員在研究時並沒有區分消極和積極的評論，但是他們發現，女孩聽到的任何一個關於體重的評論，都會導致自己有一個更重的體重，而且成年時也會對體重不滿意，即便自己並沒有超重。
The research, published this month in the journal Eating And Weight Disorders, aligns with previous studies that found women who were put on diets as children were more likely to struggle with obesity and disordered eating. Similarly, researchers have previously found that women who were told they were "too fat" as children were more likely to be obese as adults — even if they were of normal weight to begin with as children.
此次調查研究發佈在本月的《體重與飲食失調》雜誌上。和先前的研究結果一致，該研究發現，在孩童時期就被迫注意節食的女性會更加容易出現肥胖和飲食不調的問題。同樣，先前的研究還發現，在孩童時期被告知過度肥胖的女性會在成年時期更容易出現肥胖問題，即時在孩童時期她們不胖。
While these aforementioned studies are about girls and women, other research shows that boys are not immune to concerns about body image. But instead of striving to be thin or weigh less like girls, teen boys typically become dissatisfied with their bodies if they are not tall and muscular.
儘管前人的研究對象都是少女和婦女，別的研究顯示，男孩子也不是對自己的外表不關心。只是他們不是努力變瘦或是減少體重，而是苦惱自己身高不夠，肌肉不發達。This study adds to the existing body of research about the effects of parental commentary on a child's health by finding that it was specifically comments about the child's weight, and not about the amount of food a child ate or a parent's own weight that was linked to body dissatisfaction in adulthood.
此次研究在先前的基礎上，主要觀察了父母的評論對孩子健康的影響，尤其是對孩子體重的評論。而非對孩子飲食量或者是父母自己的體重方面的評論，這些也許會導致成年時自己對自己的體重不滿意。While these studies only establish correlations, and not cause-and-effect relationships, they do suggest that any commentary about weight could set the child on a journey of unhealthy eating habits and diets in an attempt to lose weight, which in the end can lead to them gaining even more weight.
儘管這些研究僅僅證明了二者的相關性而非因果性，但是研究結果表明，任何對孩子體重方面的評論都會導致他們爲了減肥而養成不健康的飲食習慣，這些習慣最終只會導致他們變得更胖。In other words, a parent's concern about their child's health when it comes to weight may end up backfiring and contributing even more to the problem.
換句話說，父母對孩子體重方面的擔憂可能會適得其反，令問題愈加嚴重。
