Uninzi lwabantu abadala base-US luya kusilela kuvavanyo lweNdlela yokuphila esempilweni

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Ngaba ucinga ukuba wenza konke onako ukugcina indlela yokuphila esempilweni? Ngokophando olutsha oluqhushumbe oluvela kwiYunivesithi yaseOregon State, yiipesenti ezi-2.7 kuphela zabantu baseMelika abadibana neendlela ezine ezibandakanya indlela yokuphila esempilweni: ukutya okunesondlo, umthambo olinganiselayo, ipesenti yamafutha omzimba acetyiswayo, nokungatshayi. Ngokusisiseko, ingcebiso yezempilo nokuba yeyiphi na ugqirha iya kuyikhupha. (Kwaye mhlawumbi nawe ubuya kwenjenjalo.) Ngoko kutheni uninzi lwelizwe lusilela ekuzikheningeni ezi bhokisi?

"Oku kuhle kakhulu, ukuba bambalwa abantu abagcina oko singakuthatha njengempilo esempilweni," utshilo u-Ellen Smit, umbhali omkhulu kolu phando kunye nonjingalwazi onxulumene naye kwi-OSU College yezeMpilo yoLuntu kunye nezeNzululwazi zaBantu, kwingxelo. "Oku luhlobo lwengqondo. Ngokucacileyo kukho indawo eninzi yokuphucula." Ngokukodwa, uSmint uphawula ukuba "imigangatho yokuziphatha ebesilinganisela yona yayintle kakhulu, ingekuko phezulu kakhulu. Besingakhangeli iimbaleki zemarathon." (Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, Ubungakanani boMthambo owufunayo ngokupheleleyo buxhomekeke kwiinjongo zakho.)

USmit kunye neqela lakhe bajonge iqela elikhulu lokufunda-abantu abangama-4,745 abavela kuPhando lweSizwe lwezeMpilo kunye noVavanyo lweZondlo-kwaye bakwabandakanya neendlela zokuziphatha ezininzi, endaweni yokuthembela kulwazi oluzixelayo, okwenza ukuba okuxabisekileyo kuxabiseke ngakumbi (kwaye kulawulwe ngakumbi) . Uphando, olwapapashwa kwiphephancwadi lika-Epreli Iinkqubo zekliniki yaseMayo, basebenzise iikhrayitheriya ezahlukeneyo ukulinganisa impilo yabantu ngaphaya kwephepha lemibuzo elizixelayo: balinganisa umsebenzi nge-accelerometer (ngenjongo yokuhlangabezana neAmerican College of Sports Medicine-kucetyiswa imizuzu eyi-150 yokuzivocavoca ngeveki), batsale iisampulu zegazi ukumisela ukuqinisekiswa kokungatshayi, ukulinganiswa kwamafutha omzimba ngetekhnoloji ye-x-ray absorpitometry (endaweni yala ma-calipers), kwaye kuthathelwa ingqalelo "ukutya okusempilweni" ukuba kube phezulu kuma-40 eepesenti abantu abatya ukutya okucetyiswayo liSebe lezoLimo laseMelika.

Ngelixa kuphela i-2.7 yabantu baseMelika inokuphawula kuzo zonke iibhokisi ezine ezikhankanywe ngasentla, ngakumbi ngakumbi xa kujongwa umgaqo ngamnye ngamnye: iipesenti ezingama-71 zabantu abadala babengatshayi, iipesenti ezingama-38 batya ukutya okunempilo, iipesenti ezingama-46 zasebenza ngokwaneleyo, yaye, mhlawumbi okothusayo kukuba, ishumi ekhulwini kuphela lalinomlinganiselo oqhelekileyo wamafutha omzimba. Ngokumalunga nabathathi-nxaxheba ababhinqileyo, uSmit kunye neqela lakhe bafumanise ukuba abasetyhini kusenokwenzeka ukuba bangatshayi kwaye batye ukutya okunempilo, kodwa akulindelekanga ukuba basebenze ngokwaneleyo.

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