Researchers in Hungary who found that normal and overweight dogs behaved differently in tasks involving food say the dogs’ responses were similar to those that might be expected from normal and overweight humans.

  发现正常和超重的狗对于食物的反应有不同表现的匈牙利的研究人员称，不同体重的狗狗对食物的反应可能与不同体重类型(正常和超重者)的人对食物的预期反应相似。

  The study suggested dogs could be used as models for future research into the causes and psychological impact of human obesity, the authors of the paper from Budapest’s ELTE University said.

  来自布达佩斯埃尔特大学的这篇论文的作者表示，这项研究表明狗狗可以作为未来研究人类肥胖原因和心理影响的模型。

  Researchers put two bowls ? one holding a good meal, the other empty or containing less attractive food ? in front of a series of dogs.

  研究员在那群狗面前放置了两个碗--一个里面盛有丰盛的食物，另一个空空如也，或是不甚美味的食物。

  The study found that canines of a normal weight continued obeying instructions to check the second bowl for food, but the obese ones refused after a few rounds.

  研究发现，正常体重的狗仍然遵从指示检查第二个碗的食物，但肥胖的狗在几轮后拒绝这样做

  We expected the overweight dog to do anything to get food, but in this test, we saw the opposite. The overweight dogs took a negative view, test leader Orsolya Torda said.

  测试负责任Orsolya Torda说：“我们期待着那只胖胖狗会为获取食物做出努力，但在测试中，我们看到了相反的情况。胖胖狗对此持消极的态度。”

  If a situation is uncertain and they cannot find food, the obese dogs are unwilling to invest energy to search for food ? for them, the main thing is to find the right food with least energy involved.

  如果情况不确定，他们又找不到食物，肥胖的狗不愿意投入精力寻找食物 - 对他们来说，最重要的是消耗最少的能量去找寻合适的食物。

  The behavior had possible parallels with overweight people who see food as a reward, said the paper, which was published in the Royal Society Open Science journal.

  这种行为有可能与超重的人视食物为奖赏的想法一致，这篇发表在《皇家学会开放科学》杂志上的文章称。


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