妻子要比丈夫瘦 婚姻纔會更幸福?

The secret to maintaining a happy marriage is based on the wife remaining slimmer than her husband, according to a new study.
一項新研究表明：幸福婚姻的祕密在於妻子要比丈夫瘦。

Researchers claim both partners are more content if the woman has a lower Body Mass Index (BMI) than the man.
研究者們聲稱，當女性的體重指數比男性低時，夫妻雙方更有滿足感。

A four-year study found that relationships lasted longer if the woman felt more attractive and desirable than her other half.
這項歷時四年的研究發現，當女性們感覺比她們的另一半更有魅力和受歡迎時，雙方的關係更持久。

But relationship experts have already dismissed the findings, insisting that size is not necessarily a key factor in a husband finding his wife attractive.
但兩性關係專家們則否認這些發現，他們堅持認爲體型並不是丈夫們發現妻子吸引人的重要因素。

The study at the University of Tennessee selected 169 married couples under the age of 35 and asked them to fill in questionnaires every six months for four years.
田納西州大學的這項研究選取了169對35歲以下的已婚夫婦，在四年的時間裏每隔6個月請他們填一份調查問卷。

The findings discovered that men with a higher BMI than their wives were happier at the start of their marriage and stayed that way.
研究發現，那些體重指數比妻子們高的丈夫們在結婚之初更幸福，並且這種幸福感會一直持續下去。

Equally women with a lower BMI than their husbands were happier than those who weighed more.
同樣地，那些體重指數比丈夫低的妻子們比其它體重指數高的妻子們更幸福。

The findings could perhaps shed some light on last week's announcement that Jennifer Lopez, who is celebrated for her curvy figure, was splitting from her thinner husband Marc Anthony after seven years together.
這個研究也許能影射上週發表離婚聲明的珍妮弗·洛佩茲，這位以曲線美著稱的明星在結婚七年後跟比自己更瘦的馬克·安東尼離婚了。

One of the authors of the report Andrea Meltzer said: “The great message from our study is that women of any size can be happy in their relationship with the right partner. It’s relative weight that matters, not absolute weight.”
該研究報告的作者之一Andrea Meltzer說道：“我們這項研究裏最重要的信息就是女性們不管是什麼身材，只要能找到正確的伴侶，婚姻就能幸福。體重只是相對而言的一個因素，但絕非最關鍵因素。”

But relationships expert Jean Hannah Edelstein expressed doubts about the findings.
但兩性關係專家Jean Hannah Edelstein對此項研究表示懷疑。

She said: “I would be sceptical that most men would really reject their partners on the basis of being overweight if there were no other issues.”
她說道：“如果沒有其他任何原因，大多數男人會因爲另一半體重超重而拒絕她們嗎？我對此深表懷疑。”