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Published online 6 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030804-5
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Fat pigs ape obese humans
Island porkers are adapted to feast and famine.
The feral pigs of Ossabaw Island, Georgia, mimic the health problems of obese humans so well that they could help researchers study diabetes and heart disease.
The pigs are good at turning food into fat.
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