Novel dietary strategies can improve the outcome of weight loss programmes in obese client-owned cats
| Autor: | Sarah Heath, Marie Hugonnard, Mickael Deboise, Germaine Egron, Eric Servet, Stéphanie Vidal, Alexander J. German, Renaud Sergheraert, Vincent Biourge, Thomas Bissot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Dietary Fiber
Male Veterinary medicine Diet Reducing Animal feed Allowance (money) Body weight Cat Diseases Outcome (game theory) law.invention Animal science Randomized controlled trial Weight loss law Weight Loss medicine Animals Obesity Small Animals CATS business.industry medicine.disease Animal Feed Treatment Outcome Cats Patient Compliance Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Female medicine.symptom business Energy Intake |
| Zdroj: | Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 12(2) |
| ISSN: | 1532-2750 |
| Popis: | A randomised, single-blinded, positively controlled, field trial for weight loss in obese client-owned cats was undertaken to look at novel diets and dietary strategies that could improve owner compliance and, therefore, success of feline weight loss programmes. Three dietary strategies were evaluated: strategy A used a novel dry high fibre ration; strategy B used ready-prepared portions of dry and moist food; strategy C used an existing commercial dry high fibre ration fed with a measuring cup. Cats were assessed at weeks 4, 12 and 20, and adjustments to the energy allocation made if required. Mean weight loss at 20 weeks (A: 11.0±1.3%, B: 10.9±1.2%, C: 11.9±1.7%) and mean energy allocation (A: 31.0, B: 28.5 and C: 32.2 kcal/kg of target body weight/day) were similar amongst strategies. However, owners' subjective hunger score was significantly ( P |
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