Weight loss outcomes are generally worse for dogs and cats with class II obesity, defined as > 40% overweight.
Sci Rep
; 13(1): 22958, 2023 12 27.
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| ID: mdl-38151525
ABSTRACT
In pet dogs and cats, adiposity is most-often estimated clinically using a 9-category body condition score (BCS), with BCS 9 equating to ~ 40% overweight. Animals that are more overweight (> 40%) are seen in clinical practice but are not appropriately depicted by descriptions in the existing categories. To determine whether being > 40% overweight has clinical relevance, this study aimed to compare the outcomes of weight management in animals that were > 40% overweight with those < 40% overweight. Records of dogs and cats attending a specialist obesity care clinic, where adiposity is determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), were reviewed. Animals were assigned to two classes (class I ≤ 40% overweight 118/398 [40%] dogs and 68/116 [59%] cats; class II, > 40% overweight 180/398 [60%] dogs and 48/116 [41%] cats) based on DXA results, and weight loss outcomes were compared. Fewer class II dogs obesity completed weight management than class I dogs (P < 0.001), rate of weight loss was also slower (P = 0.012) and lean tissue loss greater (P < 0.001). Compared with class I, cats with class II obesity lost more weight (P = 0.048) albeit over a longer period (P = 0.043) leading to greater lean tissue loss (P = 0.004). Approximately half the pets presenting to a specialist clinic were have class II obesity (> 40% overweight), and some weight loss outcomes are worse for these animals.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças do Gato
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Doenças do Cão
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
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Sci Rep
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido