新奇事件簿 母亲睡眠严重不足

This news might not come as a great surprise to mothers, but a new study confirms that moms (and mums) get less sleep than fathers. Researchers at Georgia Southern University in the USA analyzed¹ data on the sleeping habits and patterns of nearly 3,000 women and 3,000 men. They wanted to get to the bottom of what affects adults' sleep. The researchers discovered that having children in the house leads to sleep deprivation² in many mothers. Motherhood significantly reduced the number of hours a mother slept each night. Unsurprisingly, this had an adverse³ effect on mothers' energy levels and tiredness during the day. The study found that fathers' sleep remained largely unaffected by having kids in the house.

对于许多母亲来说，这个消息或许一点都不奇怪，但是一项新的研究证实了这一点，母亲们的睡眠少于父亲。美国乔治亚南方大学的研究人员分析了近3000名女性和3000名男性睡眠习惯和睡眠模式的数据。他们希望弄清影响成年人睡眠的因素。研究人员发现，家里有孩子会剥夺许多母亲的睡眠。做母亲大大减少了母亲每晚的睡眠时间。毫不意外，这对母亲的精力产生了负面影响，造成日间疲惫。研究发现，家里有孩子对父亲的睡眠影响不大。

The study reveals that children were the biggest cause of mothers being sleep deprived. Dr Kelly Sullivan, co-author of the report, said each child increased a woman's risk of getting insufficient⁴ sleep by 46 per cent. In addition, 48 per cent of mothers under 45 reported getting an average of seven hours of sleep a night, compared with 62 per cent of women of the same age who did not have children at home. Dr Sullivan said a lack of sleep negatively impacts physical and mental well-being⁵. It increases the risk of diabetes⁶, obesity⁷, cardiovascular disease, and depression. She added: "It's important to learn what is keeping people from getting the rest they need so we can help them work towards better health."

研究披露，孩子是母亲睡眠不足最大的原因。这份报告的联合作者Kelly Sullivan博士表示，每个孩子都会导致母亲睡眠不足的可能性增加46%。此外，48%的45岁以下母亲报告平均每晚睡七个小时，62%的同年龄段家里没有孩子的女性平均每晚睡眠七个小时。Sullivan博士说，缺乏睡眠会对身体和精神健康产生负面影响。睡眠不足会增加糖尿病，肥胖，心血管疾病和抑郁症的风险。她补充说：“了解妨碍人们获得充足睡眠的原因非常重要，这样我们就可以帮他们提高健康平。”

1 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

3 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

4 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

5 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

6 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

7 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。