健康生活:聖誕老人的健康報告
Pulling An All-Nighter
開夜車
The only way for Santa to get the job done is to stay up all night on December 24 — and that can lead to some serious health concerns. Sleep loss has a cumulative effect, and Santa has been working hard, likely cutting back on sleep, for the entire month preceding Christmas. As people lose sleep, they have problems responding quickly to specific objects.
聖誕老人要想把工作做好，唯一的辦法就是在12月24日晚上開夜車。而熬夜會引發不少嚴重的健康隱患。睡眠不足會產生累積效應，而聖誕老人又是個勤快人，他要在聖誕節前的一整個月都熬夜工作。如果人們缺少足夠的睡眠就會導致對特定問題的反應速度減慢。
That Heavy Sack Of Presents
背重物
You should never carry something that weighs more than 10 percent of your body Weight, especially when one shoulder is taking on most of the burden. In fact, doing so can cause back strains and sprains, muscle pulls, back spasms, difficulty walking and tingling and numbness down the arms and legs.
不要背超過自己體重10%的重物，尤其不要單肩背。背重物會導致背部拉傷和扭傷，肌肉拉傷，背部痙攣，行走困難，感覺刺痛，四肢麻木。
Excess Weight
超重
The health risks linked to obesity are well-known, including, among others, Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, certain types of cancer and osteoarthritis. And belly fat, in particular, can cause serious health problems, especially among men. Belly fat can increase risk for insulin resistance, high triglycerides, heart disease and metabolic syndrome, among other problems — most increased risk happens with a waist size over 40 inches.
肥胖的安全隱患衆所周知，包括II型糖尿病，冠心病，中風， 高血壓，部分癌症和骨關節炎。腹部肥胖，尤其是男性，會引發嚴重的健康問題。腹部肥胖會增加胰島素抵抗力下降的風險，引發高血脂，心臟病和代謝綜合症。這些健康問題在腰圍超過40英寸（2尺95,98釐米）的人中尤其多發。
A Vitamin D Deficiency
缺少維生素D
Living with the short days in the North Pole, not to mention working the night shift in December, can cause a serious deficiency of Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, which has been linked to several health problems. Santa should aim to take a supplement that provides 1,000 IU of the nutrient. In addition, he should consider increasing his consumption of Vitamin D-rich foods, such as salmon or fortified milk.
聖誕老人住在日短夜長的北極，在12月還要加夜班，這就會使他嚴重缺乏維生素D。維生素D可以通過日曬獲得，如果缺少維D，就會引起多種健康問題。因此，聖誕老人每天要多補充1000個國際單位的維生素D，還要多吃富含維D的食物，比如鮭魚和強化奶。
Shift Work
倒班制
Santa's not alone here, more than 8 million Americans perform shift work, which has been linked with serious health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, ulcers and depression, among others.
聖誕老人並不是唯一需要倒班工作的人，在美國有超過800萬人的工作都是倒班制。倒班工作會引發嚴重的健康疾病，包括心血管疾病，糖尿病，潰瘍，抑鬱等。
詞彙點津：
stay up 熬夜
shift work 倒班
