纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第20期:侏儒症（在线收听）

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这一发现来自

come from this group of people who live in a remote region of Ecuador.

住在厄瓜多尔偏远地区的一群人

They have a very rare condition called Laron syndrome,

他们身患罕见的莱伦氏综合症

which affects less than 350 people worldwide.

全球有不到350人患有此症

That's you, is it? It makes you look like a giant, doesn't it?

这是你吗 看起来像个巨人 不是吗

I'm the tall guy there.

在那里我就是个大高个儿

The shortest one is just over three-and-a-half feet tall.

那里最矮的人身高只有107厘米

- Up to my belly button. Is that right? - Yeah.

-就在我的肚脐这儿 对吗 -对

What interests researchers like Valter is not their size,

吸引瓦尔特等研究者的并不是他们的身高

but the fact that they seem to be virtually immune

而是西方世界两大健康杀手

to two of the West's biggest killers.

完全不会影响到他们

The big findings, of course,

重大发现是

were, they don't seem to get either diabetes or cancer.

他们似乎不会得糖尿病或者癌症

Do they do all the normal, sensible things we all do,

他们会跟我们一样享受人生吗

like drink, smoke and all that?

比如喝酒 吸烟之类的

Yes, they do the normal, and more,

会的 他们会做 甚至还会过量

so they a very unhealthy lifestyle.

所以他们的生活方式非常不健康

Most of them are to some extent at least overweight.

他们中的大部分人 至少是超重

They seem to really not watch anything they do.

看起来他们不太注意自己的行为