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滑雪爱好者患抑郁和痴呆的风险更低

Skiers Have a Lower Risk of Depression and Dementia

滑雪爱好者患抑郁和痴呆的风险更低

If you believe that activities like cross-country skiing are good for your mental health, new research from Sweden shows you're right. After analyzing health records of cross-country skiers, scientists found that they had a lower risk of depression and dementia.

瑞典的一项新研究表明，越野滑雪有利于心理健康。科学家在分析完越野滑雪者的健康记录后发现：他们患抑郁和痴呆的风险更低。

"As brain researchers, we have had the unique opportunity to analyze an exceptionally large group of very physically active people over two decades," said research team leader and Lund University professor Tomas Deierborg in a university blog post, "and we have unraveled some interesting results."

“作为大脑研究者，我们获得了这个独特的机会——在过去20年中对一群身体活跃的受试者进行了分析，”研究团队的负责人、隆德大学的托马斯·迪尔伯格（Tomas Deierborg）教授在学校的官方博客中说道，“而且，我们还有了一些有趣的发现。”

Researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University conducted a study on 200,000 people who participated in Vasaloppet—a cross-country skiing race in Sweden—between 1989 and 2010. Compared with a similarly sized control group of the general population, they found that the number of skiers diagnosed with dementia and depression was 50 percent lower than the control group. The skiers also had a reduced risk of Parkinson's disease, a degenerative neurological disorder.