英译汉!机器勿扰.急British researchers have found that children’s IQ

英译汉!机器勿扰.急
British researchers have found that children’s IQ predicts their possibility of becoming vegetarians (素食者) as young adults.
Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol (胆固醇),reduced risk of obesity (肥胖) and heart disease.
“We know from other studies that brighter children tend to behave in a healthier fashion as they’re less likely to smoke,less likely to be overweight,less likely to have high blood pressure and more likely to take exercise,” lead author Catharine Gale said.“This study provides further evidence that people with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle.”
In the study,Gale’s team collected data on nearly 8,200 men and women ages 30,whose IQ had been tested when they were 10 years of age.
“Children who scored higher on IQ tests at age 10 were more likely than those who got lower scores to report that they were vegetarians at the age of 30.” Gale said.
The researchers found that 4.5 percent of participants (参与者) were vegetarians.Of these,2.5 percent were vegan,and 33.6 percent said they were vegetarians but also ate fish or chicken.
There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said there were vegetarian but who said they ate fish or chicken,the researchers added.
One expert said the findings aren’t the whole answer,however.
“We don’t know the beliefs or attitudes of the parents of the children,nor do we know if there was a particular event that led these children to becoming vegetarian in their teens or adulthood,” said Lone Sandon,an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.