“蒙娜丽莎综合症”---MONA LISA hypothesis是取英语Most Obesities kNown Are Low In Sympathetic Activity（意即“大多数的肥胖是由交感神经不够活跃而造成的”）的首字母而拼成的名字。换言之，瘦不下去是因为消耗人体热量的交感神经活动低下。

 

Obesity¹ is considered a world epidemic², but no efficient therapy is available so far. Different mechanisms³ were proposed to explain obesity condition. One of those is the MONA LISA hypothesis that states that Most Obesities kNown Are Low In Sympathetic Activity. 

 

肥胖症是一种全球性的“流行病”，但目前来看还没有有效的治愈方法。人们对肥胖的成因提出了多种原理机制，其中之一就是“蒙娜丽莎综合症”。

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