According to the Daily Telegraph of September 3, researchers discovered that the love of wanting to keep fit is in your genes and can be passed on from generation to generation.

據《每日電訊報》9月3日報道，科學家指出，人們保持健康運動的喜好跟基因有關，并且可以一代一代遺傳下來。

In the future, people who suffer from laziness could be treated with medicine that targets the genes that specifically promote activity，which may become a breakthrough in the treatment of obesity.

這一發現意味著，患有懶惰癥的人未來可能可以用針對增進活躍度基因的藥物治療。這可能在與肥胖的戰斗中成為一項重要突破。

Scientists from the University of California found that on laboratory mice activity levels could be enhanced by selective breeding, which is the process of breeding animals for particular genetic traits.

來自加利福尼亞大學的研究人員發現，通過選擇育種能增進小鼠的活動水平。選擇育種就是為獲得特定基因特征繁育動物的過程。