研究：爱早起的人苗条 夜猫子聪明
Hate mornings? Blame your DNA: Study discover the genes that make us 'night owls' or 'larks'
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, happy and slim, according to new research.
新研究显示,早睡早起有助于身体健康,保持心情愉悦,还有瘦身功效.
A study that analysed the DNA of self-professed 'nights owls' and 'morning larks' found that people who like to rise early tend to be thinner than those who go to bed later.
通过分析"夜猫子"和"早起鸟"的DNA,研究发现：早起的人会比晚睡的人更瘦.
They are also less prone to depression and less likely to suffer from insomnia.
早起的人罹患抑郁症和失眠症的几率也更小.
Almost 90,000 people were asked if they were naturally a morning or a night person and had their DNA analysed.
此项研究让近9万人选择自己是"夜猫子"还是"早起鸟",并分析了他们的DNA.
This revealed 15 genes that were linked to a person being a 'lark' or an 'owl'.
研究结果表明,人类体内有15个基因与"早起还是晚睡"有关.
A preference for mornings rose with age, with more than twice as many of over-60s describing themselves as morning types than under-30s.
年龄越大,人起的就越早.认为自己是早起类型的人中,60岁以上的比30岁以下多出一倍.
Women were more likely to enjoy mornings than men, the journal Nature Communications reports.
