不想打扫厨房？你可能会吃更多！

“吃什么”决定着你是什么样子？事实证明，“在哪儿吃”一样重要。

Researchers found that study participants snacked on double the number of calories when standing¹ in a messy kitchen compared to when they stood in an orderly one.

研究人员发现，当研究参与者置身在一个杂乱不堪的厨房里时，相较于所处环境整洁的研究参与者，他们所摄取的零食热量会是后者的两倍。

The researchers had 98 women spend 10 minutes in a kitchen, under the guise² of asking them to wait for someone. Half of the participants stood in a cluttered³ kitchen, which was scattered⁴ with piles of newspapers and dirty dishes and had a ringing phone. The other half of the women waited in an organized kitchen.

研究人员让98名女性在一个厨房里等10分钟，假称她们要在那里等待某人到来。其中有一半人置身在杂乱的厨房里，到处是一堆一堆的报纸、用过的盘子，电话还在响。另一半人置身于一个整洁的厨房之中。

不想打扫厨房？你可能会吃更多！

Both kitchens contained bowls of crackers⁵, cookies and carrots, laid out for the participants to munch⁶ on. Each woman in the chaotic⁷ environment ate twice as many cookies -- a total of 53 more calories -- compared to those in the clean kitchen.

两个厨房里都备有碗装的饼干、曲奇和胡萝卜，作为休闲小零食提供给参与者。相较于那些置身整洁厨房的参与者，身处环境杂乱的参与者人均吃下饼干的分量是另一组参与者的两倍——即多摄取53大卡的热量。

Why did this happen?

为什么会这样呢？

"Being in a chaotic environment and feeling out of control is bad for diets," psychology⁸ professors said in a statement. "It seems to lead people to think, ‘Everything else is out of control, so why shouldn’t I be?’”

“置身于杂乱的环境之中会让你感觉一切都不受控制，这种状态对于节食是非常不利的。”心理学家解释道，“这种环境会导致人们产生这样的想法，‘既然一切都已经越出常轨，为什么我不能这样呢？’”

While there are many ways to manage stress, including meditation⁹, exercise and therapy, this particular study underscores the fact that there are easy and quick things you can do to find calm. The next time you procrastinate¹⁰ tidying up the kitchen, remember that the exercise will benefit you in so many ways.

或许应对压力的办法有很多，包括冥想、锻炼、心理咨询等等，不过这项调查研究证明，还有许多轻松易行而且见效迅速的方法，让你能赶走压力。下次你为要不要清理厨房而纠结的时候，你应该告诉自己，这种活动会对你有多方面的益处。

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