最孤独的人是谁？答案出乎你的意料_时事

最孤独的人是谁？答案出乎你的意料

很多人都认为独居的老人最孤独，但是研究人员发现，最孤独的其实是青少年和青年，而且这部分人群患上孤独相关疾病的风险更高。

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Older people are often thought of as being lonely. Maybe their partner has passed away and they live alone, and their age means they can't get around like they used to.

人们通常认为老年人是孤独的。也许他们的配偶去世了，他们过着独居生活，上了年纪意味着他们无法像过去一样生活。

Research has shown how loneliness is bad for our health.

已有研究显示，孤独对健康是有害的。

For example, one study looked at how being lonely can increase the levels of stress hormones in our bodies, which have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, and dementia. Another showed how lonely people have a 50 percent increased risk of early death.

例如，一项研究发现，孤独会令体内的压力荷尔蒙水平升高，压力荷尔蒙和心脏病、糖尿病和痴呆症有关。另一项研究显示，孤独者的早逝风险增加50%。

But while we think of older people being more solitary, and thus more lonely, this might not actually be true.

虽然人们都以为老年人孤身一人的时候更多，所以更寂寞，但事实也许不是这样。

According to the work of Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychology professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, loneliness is actually at its peak among teenagers and young adults.