Don't hit the snooze button on your alarm clock if you want to be thinner and happier, scientists have claimed.
Research suggests that early risers are slimmer, happier and healthier than those who get up later in the day. Late nights seems to take their toll on health and happiness.
Roehampton University researchers quizzed almost 1,100 men and women about their health and sleeping habits.
Some 13 percent of those questioned were larks, getting up before 7am during the week and seeing no need for a lie-in at the weekend.
Night owls, who fall out of bed just before 9am Monday to Friday and sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays, accounted for another 6 percent.
The remaining 81 percent fell somewhere in between.
The analysis revealed the early risers to have fewest signs of depression and anxiety. They were also more likely to eat breakfast - something that has been linked with slimness.


据英国《每日邮报》9月15日报道，科学家称，如果你想让自己的身材更苗条，心情更好，就请不要关闭闹铃按钮。

研究表明，早起的人比那些在白天赖床的人更苗条、快乐也更健康。熬夜似乎会夺去人们的健康和快乐。

英国罗汉普顿大学的研究人员对将近1100名男女的健康状况和睡眠习惯进行了调查。

这些人中有13%的属于"早起的鸟儿"，在工作日中，他们7点前起床，在周末，他们也认为没有睡懒觉的必要。

另有6%的是"夜猫子"。他们周一到周五直到快9点才会爬起来，周末更是一睡不起。

剩下81%的人介于两者之间。

分析结果表明，起床较早的人，他们的沮丧和焦虑情绪也较少。他们更有可能吃早餐--吃早餐与保持身材苗条有关系。

• button [´bʌtn] n.钮扣 vt.扣上(扣子) (初中英语单词)
• sleeping [´sli:piŋ] n.&a.睡着(的) (初中英语单词)
• analysis [ə´næləsis] n.分解；分析(结果) (初中英语单词)
• depression [di´preʃən] n.沮丧，抑郁；萧条 (初中英语单词)
• anxiety [æŋ´zaiəti] n.挂念；渴望；焦虑的事 (初中英语单词)
• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)