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Unit2Healthyeating

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(2020·东北三省四市高考模拟)

Untillastyear，Borriswouldneverturndownaporksteak.Bythetimehisowner，AnnemarieFormoy，enteredhiminthePDSAPetFitClubcompetition，hewas28kg—almostdoublehisrecommendedweight.Thankstoatailoredsix-monthdietandexercise，heisnow7kglighter.

Borris，athisheaviest，wasnotalone.Theworldwiderateofpetobesity(肥胖症)liesbetween22%and44%.Thereasonsarefairlypredictable.Ownersofoverweightdogsfeedthemmoresnacksandtableleftovers，aremorelikelytohavetheirpetspresentastheypreparetheirownmealsandarelesslikelytowalkthemdaily.Ownersofobesecatstendtousefoodasarewardandplaywiththemless.

Butobesityalsoseemstobeoccurringeveninsomewildanimalsthatarentbeingoverfedorunder-exercised.Ifthesefindingsaretrue，somethingelsemustbedrivingobesityanduncoveringthosecouldhelpsolveourownproblemswiththecondition.

“Labradorsareconsistentlytheheadlineactwhenitcomestooverweightdogs，”saysEleanorRaffan，aveterinarianandgeneticist.Sheandfellowresearchersdiscoveredthatageneticmutation(基因变异)presentinaroundaquarterofLabradorswasassociatedwithobesity.Foreachcopyofthemutation—whichoccurredinagenecalledPOMC—adogwasabout2kgheavier.Mostoftheanimalstheresearchersstudiedhadonecopyofthemutation，butfewerhadtwo.

“Thesearedogsalwaysinthekitchenwhenownersarepreparingfood，stickingaroundscouring_a_titbiteveniftheresnotmuchchanceofgettingfood，oreatingdisgustingstuffonwalks，”Raffansays.“Buttheyrenotdoingthatbecauseitsfun.Theyredoingitbecausetheyrehungry.”

ThatsbecausePOMCmutationsdisturbthebrainsfunctionofcontrollingfoodintakeandenergyconsumption.Asaresult，thebehaviouroftheseLabradorsbecomesveryfood-motivated.

语篇解读全球宠物肥胖率在22%到44%之间，弄清楚宠物肥胖的原因对人类应对肥胖问题也很有启发。

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