双语健康：你确实没时间锻炼么？

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Are You Really Too Busy To Work Out?

Too busy to exercise? Sorry, not buying it.

太忙了没时间锻炼？抱歉，这说法站不住脚。

A new study says many Americans have plenty of free time in the day for exercise but they spend that time looking at screens instead.

一项新研究表明，许多美国人每天有充足的空闲时间用于锻炼，但他们却把这些时间花在了看屏幕上。

The study analyzed information from more than 32,000 Americans who took part in the American Time Use Survey from 2014 to 2016.

该研究分析了2014至2016年间参与“美国时间使用调查”的32000多名美国人的相关信息。

This national survey gathers information from people ages 15 and older who record their activities over a 24-hour period.

这项全国性调查收集15岁及以上人群在24小时内的活动记录信息。

On average, Americans reported more than 5 hours (300 minutes) of free time per day, and most of this time was spent watching TV or using electronic devices, such as smartphones or computers.

平均而言，美国人报告每天有超过5小时（300分钟）的空闲时间，而其中大部分时间都用于看电视或使用智能手机、电脑等电子设备。

"There is a general perception that a lack of leisure time is a major reason that Americans do not get enough physical activity," study co-author Dr. Deborah Cohen said in a statement. "But we found no evidence for those beliefs."

研究合著者黛博拉·科恩博士在一份声明中表示：“人们普遍认为，缺乏闲暇时间是美国人运动量不足的主要原因，但我们没有发现支持这种观点的证据。”

The authors used a fairly strict definition of what counts as "free time." For example, they excluded activities such as grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, eating, sleeping and playing with children.

研究作者对“空闲时间”的定义相当严格。例如，他们排除了杂货店购物、打扫卫生、做饭、吃饭、睡觉和陪孩子玩耍等活动。

Even so, the authors found that no age or ethnic group in the study reported less than 4.5 hours of free time per day.

即便如此，作者发现研究中所有年龄和种族群体每天的空闲时间都不少于4.5小时。

Overall, men reported an average of nearly 6 hours (356 minutes) of free time per day, and women reported an average of 5.3 hours (318 minutes) per day.

总体而言，男性平均每天有近6小时（356分钟）的空闲时间，女性则为5.3小时（318分钟）。

The group with the shortest amount of free time was women ages 25 to 60, who reported about 4.5 hours (271 minutes) per day, on average.

空闲时间最少的群体是25至60岁的女性，她们平均每天的空闲时间约为4.5小时（271分钟）。

The majority of people's free time was spent looking at screens, with men reporting 211 minutes of screen time per day and women reporting 175 minutes of screen time per day, on average.

人们的大部分空闲时间都花在了看屏幕上，男性平均每天看屏幕的时间为211分钟，女性为175分钟。

Men spent just 6.6% of their free time engaging in physical activity, and women spent just 5% of their free time doing physical activity.

男性仅将6.6%的空闲时间用于体育活动，女性这一比例仅为5%。

People with higher incomes reported spending a larger share of their free time on physical activities and less time looking at screens compared with those in lower-income groups.

与低收入群体相比，高收入人群在体育活动上花费的空闲时间占比更大，花在看屏幕上的时间则更少。

"Increasing the public's awareness of how they actually use their time and creating messages that encourage Americans to reduce their screen time may help people to become more physically active," Cohen said.

科恩表示：“提高公众对自身实际时间使用情况的认识，并发布鼓励美国人减少屏幕时间的宣传内容，可能会有助于人们更积极地参与体育锻炼。”

2025年8月6日于翠湖