Lab animals and pets face obesity epidemic
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101124/full/news.2010.628.html
"It's not just people that are getting fatter. A statistical analysis of more than 20,000 animals suggests that the obesity epidemic is spreading to family pets, wild animals living in close proximity to humans, and animals housed in research centres — perhaps indicating that environmental factors beyond diet and exercise are at least partly to blame for expanding waistlines."
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101124/full/news.2010.628.html
"It's not just people that are getting fatter. A statistical analysis of more than 20,000 animals suggests that the obesity epidemic is spreading to family pets, wild animals living in close proximity to humans, and animals housed in research centres — perhaps indicating that environmental factors beyond diet and exercise are at least partly to blame for expanding waistlines."
