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Immigrants to the United States often ditch their ethnic diets for high-calorie American fare, partly because it is cheap and easy to find but also as a way to fit in, a new study shows.
新研究顯示，移民美國的人，常常放棄他們的傳統飲食，改吃高卡路里的美國飲食，部分是因為美國食物便宜好找，不過也因為這是一種融入的方式。
Immigrants who eat American are consuming, on average, 182 extra calories and seven additional grams of saturated fat compared to immigrants who stick to their traditional diet, leaving the fast-food immigrants more likely to become obese and suffer chronic illnesses related to obesity.
飲食美國化的移民，比堅持傳統飲食的移民，平均多攝取182卡路里與7克的飽和脂肪，導致這些吃速食的移民，更可能肥胖且罹患與過胖相關的慢性疾病。
The researchers conducted two experiments focused on Asian-Americans to see if they "choose and consume American foods as a way to convey that they belong in America."
研究人員針對亞裔美國人進行兩項研究，觀察他們是否把「選擇與攝取美國食物，當成傳達他們屬於美國的方式」。
In the first experiment, a group of Asian-Americans was "threatened" by being asked if they could speak English, and then asked to note down their favorite food. A control group noted down their preferred dish without having their American-ness "threatened." The threatened group was three times more likely to say they liked a typical American dish best than the unthreatened group.
第一份研究中，一組亞裔美國人被問到會不會說英文，感受到受「威脅」，接著他們被要求記下最愛吃的食物。控制組也記下偏好的食物，不過美國身分並未受「威脅」。受威脅的組別，說自己喜歡典型美國食物的人，比未受威脅的組別多3倍。
In the second experiment, Asian-Americans were asked to choose from items on a menu listing typically American fare or one featuring Asian fare. The Asian-Americans who were trying to assert their US identity after having it challenged were eating "the caloric and fat equivalent of an extra four-piece order of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets over those who were not threatened," says the study.
第二份實驗中，亞裔美國人被要求從列出美式傳統食物或寫著亞洲食物的菜單中選擇。亞裔美國人在美國身分被挑戰之後，嘗試表達自己的美國身分，會「比未受威脅的人，多吃相當於4塊麥當勞雞塊的卡路里與脂肪」，據該研究指出。
新聞辭典
fit in：片語，融入。例句：It’s no surprise she’s leaving - she never really fitted in.（她一直格格不入，離開並不讓人驚訝。）
ditch：動詞，捨棄。例句：Did you know that Sarah has ditched her boyfriend?（你知道莎拉拋棄男友了嗎？）
fare：名詞，食物。例句：a pub serving traditional British fare.（供應傳統英式食物的酒吧。）
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