Just like that, okay? Matthew Hurt has always made exercise a priority for himself and now for his sons.
就这样,马修·赫特一直把锻炼作为自己和儿子的首要任务。
I want it to be just natural for them. I don't want it to be a chore, right.
我希望这对他们来说是自然而然的,我不想让它成为一件苦差事。
I want them to just want to go outside, want to be active and enjoy life to its fullest.
我希望他们想出去走走,活跃起来,尽情享受生活。
A study at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center looked at the impact of fathers' exercise habits on their offspring.
俄亥俄州立大学威斯纳医学中心的一项研究观察了父亲锻炼习惯对后代的影响。
It found that even moderate exercise before a baby is conceived provides a health benefit that can last the lifetime.
研究发现,即使是在怀孕前进行适度的运动,也会对健康有益,而且这种影响会持续一生。
That resulted in an improved metabolic health in their adult offspring.
这会改善他们后代成年后的新陈代谢健康状况。
So essentially, it improved their glucose metabolism,
实质上是改善了他们葡萄糖代谢,
decreased body weight and increased their insulin sensitivity.
从而减轻了体重,增加了胰岛素敏感性。
The research was done with mice. It found this was due to certain changes in the sperm.
这项研究是在老鼠身上进行的,研究发现这是由于精子发生了某些变化。
As for people, the World Health Organization says one in four adults worldwide are dangerously inactive.
世界卫生组织表示,全世界有四分之一的成年人不运动,这很危险。
That increases the risk of obesity, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes.
这增加了肥胖、高血压、心血管疾病、癌症和糖尿病的风险。
The idea would be that if you have a dad who wants to have a child,
建议是如果父亲想要孩子,
if they could exercise maybe just a month prior to conception,
如能在怀孕前一个月进行锻炼,
that would have a really dramatic effect on their child's life.
那都有可能会对他们孩子的生活产生巨大的影响。
The researchers also found that exercise helped even with a poor diet.
研究人员还发现即使饮食不健康,锻炼也会有帮助。
Sedentary mice fed a high fat diet passed along negative health issues like obesity and insulin resistance.
吃高脂肪食物的久坐老鼠会染上一些不良的健康问题,比如肥胖和胰岛素抵抗。
The scientists were surprised to find that the diet's negative effects were completely reversed by exercise.
科学家们惊讶地发现,饮食的不良影响完全可以被锻炼所逆转。
A high-fat diet, even mild high-fat diet, in this case it was only three weeks,
高脂肪饮食,即使是适当的高脂肪饮食,只需要三周时间
changes the profile, but exercise kind of restored it back to normal.
图谱就会发生改变,但运动可以使其恢复正常。
More work needs to be done to see if the same applies to humans.
我们还需要更多工作来检验是否对人类有效。
But in the animal studies, exercise for the male mouse was key to the health of his offspring.
但在动物研究中,雄性老鼠的运动量是其后代健康的关键。
Carol Pearson, VOA news, Washington.
卡罗尔·皮尔森,美国之音新闻,华盛顿报道。