研究显示：移民吃美国垃圾食物求融入

　　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.

　　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.

　　饮食美国化的移民，比坚持传统饮食的移民，平均多摄取182卡路里与7克的饱和脂肪，导致这些吃速食的移民，更可能肥胖且罹患与过胖相关的慢性疾病。

　　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.\"

　　研究人员针对亚裔美国人进行两项研究，观察他们是否把「选择与摄取美国食物，当成传达他们属于美国的方式」。

　　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，一组亚裔美国人被问到会不会说英文，感受到受「威胁」，接着他们被要求记下最爱吃的食物。控制组也记下偏好的食物，不过美国身分并未受「威胁」。受威胁的组别，说自己喜欢典型美国食物的人，比未受威胁的组别多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.

　　第二份实验中，亚裔美国人被要求从列出美式传统食物或写着亚洲食物的菜单中选择。亚裔美国人在美国身分被挑战之后，尝试表达自己的美国身分，会「比未受威胁的人，多吃相当于4块麦当劳鸡块的卡路里与脂肪」，据该研究指出。