研究：常做家务的人老了以后身体更健康

新加坡的一个研究团队指出，常做家务的人老了以后认知功能和记忆力更强，跌倒风险也更低。

干家务很累人，但是研究发现，干家务并不是全无好处。新加坡的一个研究团队指出，常做家务的人，到了老年以后认知功能和记忆力更强，跌倒风险也更低。

Household chores might seem a drag, but researchers have suggested tasks like dusting, scrubbing floors and washing the windows might help adults to stay healthy into old age.

家务活也许看似累赘，但是研究人员指出，打扫灰尘、拖地、擦窗等家务活可能有助于人们到老年以后保持身体健康。

Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity “improves physical and mental health, mitigates the risks and effects of chronic diseases, and reduces falls, immobility, dependency and mortality among older adults”.

研究报告指出，常做体力活动可以“改善身心健康，减轻慢性病的风险和影响，降低老年人跌倒、卧床不起、失去独立生活能力和死亡的几率”。该研究结果由一个新加坡研究团队发表在《英国医学杂志》上。

The team randomly recruited adults from the town of Yishun in Singapore, and asked them to complete cognitive function tests as well as activities to assess their physical capabilities, such as standing up from a chair as quickly as they could.

该团队从新加坡义顺镇随机招募了一组成年人，请他们完成认知功能测试，并通过体力活动来评估他们的体能，比如用最快的速度从椅子上站起来。