邁動（你們的）步伐：在20歲到70歲之間每周花一小時慢跑需要持續108天，但是卻能延長你的壽命至少5年。

Jogging for just an hour a week can increase your life expectancy by around six years, reveal scientists.

　　科學家聲明：一周隻要慢跑一小時就能延長你的壽命期限達至六年，

Even better news is that a gentle jog is better for you than any sort of extreme workout, the study concludes.

　　更令人欣慰的是，研究顯示：輕鬆慢跑比任何一種極端鍛煉的方式要有效的多。

Researchers found that jogging at a slow or average pace for one or two hours per week can increase the life expectancy of men by 6.2 years and women by 5.6 years, reducing the risk of death by 44 per cent.

　　根據研究顯示：每周若能以緩慢或走路速度慢跑一兩個小時，對於男人而言，能夠延長壽命期限6.2年，對於女人而言，能夠延長5.6年，這些結果是可以降低死亡率達44%。

The results challenge previous studies into jogging which questioned whether it is healthy or hazardous, with the debate kicking off in the 70s when middle aged men began taking an interest in the exercise.

　　這些結論威脅到了之前對於慢跑是否有利的問題的研究的發現結果， 從而這場爭論在中年人開始對運動感興趣的70年代開始了。

However, following the death of a few men who died while out on a run, the media suggested jogging might be too strenuous for middle aged people, casting doubts over the past-time.

　　但是，由於一些人過度耗力跑步而死亡的事實的存在，相關媒體猜測慢跑也許對中年人來說太劇烈了，這一想法在過去曾轟動一時。

As part of the Copenhagen City Heart study, a cardiovascular study of around 20,000 men and women aged 20 to 93, researchers set about quashing previous suggestions that jogging is bad for people’s health.

　　作為坐落在哥本哈根城市的心髒研究的一部分，這項心血管研究涉及了大概20，000個20到93歲的男女，研究者們開始推翻過去認為慢跑對人體健康有害的猜測。

The study has so far resulted in over 750 papers, and has previously explored associations for longevity

　　這項研究到目前為止已經引發了750多篇論文發表，開辟了過去對壽命的探索領域。

Researchers believe jogging delivers multiple health benefits, improving oxygen uptake, lowering blood pressure, preventing obesity, improving cardiac function and improving psychological function, as well as many more benefits.

　　研究者們認為慢跑對人體健康是有多種好處的，例如提高氧氣提供量，減低人體血壓，預防肥胖，改善心髒功能和心理功能以及其他更多的好處。

Dr Peter Schnohr, from the Bispebjerg University Hospital, said: 'The improved psychological wellbeing may be down to fact that people have more social interactions when they’re out jogging.'

　　來自比斯伯格醫學院的彼得博士認為：改善後的心理健康狀況會有利於人們在外出慢跑時有更多的社會交流。