迈动（你们的）步伐：在20岁到70岁之间每周花一小时慢跑需要持续108天，但是却能延长你的寿命至少5年。

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

　　科学家声明：一周只要慢跑一小时就能延长你的寿命期限达至六年，

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，研究显示：轻松慢跑比任何一种极端锻炼的方式要有效的多。

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.

　　根据研究显示：每周若能以缓慢或走路速度慢跑一两个小时，对于男人而言，能够延长寿命期限6.2年，对于女人而言，能够延长5.6年，这些结果是可以降低死亡率达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.

　　这些结论威胁到了之前对于慢跑是否有利的问题的研究的发现结果， 从而这场争论在中年人开始对运动感兴趣的70年代开始了。

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，由于一些人过度耗力跑步而死亡的事实的存在，相关媒体猜测慢跑也许对中年人来说太剧烈了，这一想法在过去曾轰动一时。

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.

　　作为坐落在哥本哈根城市的心脏研究的一部分，这项心血管研究涉及了大概20，000个20到93岁的男女，研究者们开始推翻过去认为慢跑对人体健康有害的猜测。

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

　　这项研究到目前为止已经引发了750多篇论文发表，开辟了过去对寿命的探索领域。

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.

　　研究者们认为慢跑对人体健康是有多种好处的，例如提高氧气提供量，减低人体血压，预防肥胖，改善心脏功能和心理功能以及其他更多的好处。

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.'

　　来自比斯伯格医学院的彼得博士认为：改善后的心理健康状况会有利于人们在外出慢跑时有更多的社会交流。