春季常散步能有效抵抗抑郁
Daily exercise alone could, according to new research, be as effective in treating severe depression as antidepressants.
据一项最新的调查发现，在治疗严重抑郁症的过程中，日常的健身运动可以起到与抗抑郁药品类似的疗效。
Results from a Portuguese study of 150 depressed patients showed that moderate exercise improved symptoms in those who had not responded well to drug treatments.
一项在葡萄牙所进行调查结果显示，150名抑郁患者中积极参加体育运动的患者病情好转的情况远要比单纯依赖药物治疗的患者来得好得多。
Participants kept taking their present medication, but half were also given aerobic exercises - 30 to 45-minute walks, five days a week, for 12 weeks.
这些参加调查的患者维持了原有的药物治疗手段，其中一般人接受了有氧运动的训练——每周五天，每天30分钟到45分钟的散步，一直持续了12个星期。
Results showed a 26 per cent remission rate among patients in the exercise group compared with a zero remission rate in the others.
结果表明，接受运动训练的患者中有26%的人的病情出现了缓解，而另一组为参加运动的患者的缓解情况则为零。
Another study of 400 volunteers in Brazil found that men who had the highest levels of physical activity were 68 per cent less likely to have symptoms of depression.
巴西的一项调查研究也说明了同样的道理，在400名自愿者中，运动强度最高的男性出现抑郁情况的几率减少了近七成左右。
Women who exercised had a 24 per cent lower risk.
女性方面则会降低近四成的几率。
In a third study, at the University of Rochester in New York, more than 1,000 people were equipped with monitors that measured physical movements, and researchers found that the more active individuals were, the lower the levels of depressive symptoms.
纽约罗切斯特大学所进行了一项实验，1000名受测者携带了监测身体运动水平的装置，研究人员发现，个体越活跃，抑郁症的水平则越低。
It has been estimated that about one in ten Britons will experience depression at some time in their lives. It is not clear how exercise could have such profound effects.
据估计，英国有近十分之一的人群会在一生的某个时候经受抑郁的困恼，而体育运动对此会有多大的影响，目前还不得而知。
One theory is that those diagnosed with depression have higher levels of inflammation in their body tissues. Studies have shown that when depression is successfully treated, inflammation levels drop.
有一种理论这样认为，抑郁症患者通常会被诊断出身体组织炎症水平较高，随着病症被逐渐的治疗，炎症水平也会逐渐降低。
Dr Glenn Wilson, of Gresham College, London, says: 'Exercise can make a difference for some people.'
伦敦格雷沙姆学院的格伦威尔逊博士表示，“运动对于某些人来说的确会带来变化。”
