不愛做家務的人注意了

Researchers have suggested tasks like dusting, scrubbing floors and washing the windows might help adults stay healthy into old age.

研究人員指出，打掃灰塵、拖地、擦窗等家務活可能有助于人們到老年以后保持身體健康。

Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity “improves physical and mental health, mitigates the risks and effects of chronic diseases, and reduces falls, immobility, dependency and mortality among older adults”.

研究報告指出，常做體力活動可以"改善身心健康，減輕慢性病的風險和影響，降低老年人跌倒、臥床不起、失去獨立生活能力和死亡的幾率"。該研究結果由一個新加坡研究團隊發(fā)表在《英國醫(yī)學雜志》上。

The study involved 249 participants aged 21-64 and 240 participants aged 65-90.

該研究涵蓋了249名21至64歲的參與者和240名65至90歲的參與者。

Sit-to-stand times were lower for older adults reporting higher amounts of heavy housework, while they were also assessed as being at lower risk of having a fall.

相比很少做家務的老年人，做大量重度家務的老年人報告的從椅子上站起來的時間更短，與此同時評估顯示他們跌倒的風險也更低。

Cognitive scores and attention scores were 8% and 14% higher, respectively, for older adults doing high amounts of heavy housework – on average 131 minutes a week – compared with low levels.

做大量重度家務(每周平均131分鐘)的老年人認知功能和注意力得分比很少做家務的老年人分別高出8%和14%。