《中英對照讀新聞》Walking, hiking trails may encourage exercise 散步、健行小徑可能鼓勵人運動

◎鄭寺音

Making regular use of neighborhood trails designed for walking, hiking, or biking may help in meeting recommended physical activity levels, new study findings suggest.

新研究發現，規律使用鄰近為散步、健行或騎單車設計的步道，可能有助達到建議的身體活動標準。

In the study, adults who frequently used trails in their community were much more likely to also report regular physical activity than those who did not use trails.

在這份研究中，常使用社區步道的成年人，比其他不用步道的人，較常回答他們有規律的身體活動。

Increasing research suggests that the physical activity level of a population can be influenced by the environmental design of their community. Other research shows that people’s activity levels increase when walking trails, cycling trails or other places to engage in physical activity are created or made easier to access.

越來越多研究顯示，一地居民身體活動的程度，會受到社區環境設計的影響。另有研究顯示，步道、單車道，或其他讓人從事身體活動的地方，闢建後或者改得較易接近時，人們也會增加身體活動。

Dr. John Librett, of the University of Utah, and his colleagues analyzed survey responses from 3,717 adults across the country. They were asked about their physical activity level, how often they used walking, biking or hiking trails and the extent to which they supported municipal policies that favored the development of trails.

猶他大學的李布利特博士與他的同僚，分析了美國各地3717名成年人對調查問卷的回答。他們被詢問身體活動的程度，多常使用步道、單車道或健行小徑，以及他們對闢建步道的市政政策支持的程度。

新聞辭典

make good use of︰片語，善用、利用。例句：He makes good use of his time.（他能充分利用時間。）

engage in︰片語，從事於、致力於。例句：She is now engaged in writing a book.（她現在正忙著寫一本書。）