访谈录 2014-10-08&10-10 研究称女性腰围太粗将增加患乳癌风险

 Host: A surprising new study that concludes that women’s development of breast cancer after menopause may be tied to the changes of waist size. As a gymnast, please explain.

      Guest: Well, this is the actual study, you guys, very dense¹ statistics². Epidemiology there. But basically, this really looks at the issue: weight, weight gain, body mass index and that central adiposity³ which we refer to as, which is the fact of our main section, and how they are all associated with our breast cancer. And the bad news, which was actually kind of surprising, is for each size’s increase, so you go from size 10 to size 12, in a woman’s skirt or pants’ size, in her 20s, 30s or 40s, her risk of post menopause breast cancer goes up by 33 percent.

     Host: But is it natural for your waist to get bigger over time?

     Guest: Well, I am second minded. I mean, It is, of course we see it over time, but this is really what is interesting about it, the thought is used as a proxy⁴ or an easy-to-understand way that we can kind of track what our risk factor for breast cancer might be. 

     Another guest: So what is the thinking behind this possible connection?

     Guest: The theory, because again it didn’t show cause and effect, is that weight, the fat, that concentrated in our middle section, sometimes we refer to it as waist fat, is more dangerous and hormonally active and actually produce estrogen and trigger⁵ our breast cancer . So… watch your weight, watch your alcohol, exercise more and if your waist size is increasing, possibly you need different kind of slimming. But we are not very young. Er, suck it up. Suck it up.

     Host: Dr. Ashton take your question in this morning and tweet her at doctor J. Ashton.

1 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

2 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

3 adiposity   

n.肥胖，肥胖症

参考例句：

• PM2.5 exaggerates diet-induced insulin resistance, adipose inflammation, and visceral adiposity. 细微大气颗粒物PM2.5)能增加饮食引起的胰岛素抵抗、脂肪炎症反应、内脏肥胖。 来自互联网
• Objective To research the relationship between CRP and adiposity. 目的研究C反应蛋白与肥胖的关系。 来自互联网

4 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

5 trigger   

n.触发器，板机，制滑机；v.触发（事件）

参考例句：

• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again.他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
• He pulled the trigger but the gun didn't go off.他打了一枪，没有发火。