最近,智利大学科研人员通过对500多名小学二年级学生进行调查研究,得出这样的结论:没有吃晚餐习惯的孩子与按时吃晚餐的孩子相比,发胖的可能性要高出一倍。负责此项研究的智利营养学家帕特里西亚·布斯多斯指出,由于智利人的进餐时间普遍较晚,近70%的智利家庭晚间习惯用“晚茶”取代晚餐。 Recently, researchers at Chilean University conducted a survey of more than 500 second graders to conclude that children who did not eat dinner were twice as likely to gain weight as children who drank dinner on time. Patricia Bustos, the Chilean nutritionist in charge of the study, noted that nearly 70% of Chilean families used to use evening tea instead of dinner because of the generally late mealtime of Chileans.