近年来的医学研究表明,儿童期忧虑可以影响一个人的身高。那些长期担心同父母分离或担心不被男同学喜欢的上姑娘可能会因此造成内分泌紊乱,其结果是她们比那些生活较自在的同龄伙伴矮2英寸(5.08厘米)多。有人对700多名儿童进行了为期8年的研究,发现那些曾经紧张不安的小姑娘倾向于身材矮小,而对男性来讲却影响不大,那些小时候情绪多变的小男孩,将来可能长 Medical research in recent years has shown that childhood anxiety can affect a person’s height. The girls who have long been concerned that their parents are separated or worried about not being liked by their boys may have endocrine disruptions, with the result that they are 2 inches shorter (5.08 centimeters) shorter than their more comfortable peers. Someone conducted an eight-year study on more than 700 children and found that those once-nervous little girls tended to be short, but not so influential to men. Those little boys with a changing mood in the future may be