囧研究：胖主人更容易养出胖狗有其主人必有其狗！（双语）

　　近日，丹麦研究人员公布了一项有趣的发现，肥胖人士的狗狗肥胖率竟然比一般狗狗的肥胖率高出10个百分点!真可谓有其主必有其狗，物似主人型。

　　这项研究刊登在10月1日的《预防兽医学》(Preventive Veterinary Medicine)期刊上。

　　The study by the University of Copenhagen lends credence to the saying "like owner, like dog" the scientists wrote in the journal Preventive Veterinary Medicine.

　　科学家们在《预防兽医学》上写道，哥本哈根大学的这项研究证实了“有其主必有其狗”的说法。

　　研究人员共调查了268只狗，其中有20%过重(overweight)。

　　研究人员称，“过重或肥胖主人养出过重或肥胖狗的比例(35%)，是苗条或正常体重主人饲养过重或肥胖狗比例(14%)的两倍多。”

　　"The prevalence of heavy or obese dogs is more than twice as large among overweight or obese owners (35 percent) than among owners who are slim or of a normal weight (14 percent)," the researchers said.

　　研究主要作者夏洛特·比昂瓦(Charlotte Bjornvad)表示，体重正常的主人倾向于训练时喂狗狗零食，但胖主人则喜欢在欢乐的情况下喂狗狗，“举例来说，人们躺在沙发上放松时，喜欢把最后一口三明治或饼干给狗狗吃”。

　　Average-weight owners tend to use treats for training purposes while overweight owners prefer to provide treats in convivial situations. "For example, when a person is relaxing on the couch and shares the last bites of a sandwich or a cookie with their dog," the study's main author, Charlotte Bjornvad said.

　　平均而言，过重的狗较限制饮食的狗狗少活1.3年。

　　On average, overweight dogs live 1.3 years less than dogs on restrictive diets.

　　不过，如果你家的是母狗狗，就不用这么担心啦。

　　An important and novel finding was that neutering increased the risk of being overweight or obese for male dogs while bitches were at risk irrespective of neuter status.

　　我们的一个重要和新奇的发现是，绝育增加了公狗肥胖或超重的风险，而母狗却没有相关问题。

　　neuter /ˈnjuːtə(r)/：v. 阉割(动物)

　　irrespective /ɪrɪ'spektɪv/ ：不受某事物影响;不考虑某事物

　　比昂瓦说：“绝育似乎会降低雄性狗狗调节食欲的能力，同时也可能会降低它们锻炼的动力，从而增加超重的风险。”

　　"Castration seems to decrease the ability to regulate the appetite in male dogs and at the same time, it might also decrease the incentive to exercise which results in an increased risk of becoming overweight," Bjornvad said.

　　此外，2016年另一个国际研究团队曾发现，发达国家有34%至59%狗狗过重或肥胖。这会降低它们的平均寿命、活动力，或是像人类肥胖一样导致糖尿病和心脏病。

　　In developed countries, 34 to 59 percent of dogs are overweight or obese, which can reduce their life expectancy and mobility or cause diabetes and cardiac disease just like in humans, another international team of researchers found in 2016.

　　对此网友纷纷打趣：

　　虽说主人胖，狗狗也可能胖，但转念一想，减肥路上有个伴，或许能有更大的动力，似乎也不错呢!