ArticleBMC veterinary research2017
Metabolic response to three different diets in lean cats and cats predisposed to overweight.
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- Metabolic and cardiovascular effects of obesity in domestic cats.Veterinary research communications · 2025Article
- Insights into the interplay between gut microbiota and lipid metabolism in the obesity management of canines and felines.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Evidence of obesity-induced inflammatory changes in client-owned cats.Veterinary world · 2024Article
- Short-term changes in dietary fat levels and starch sources affect weight management, glucose and lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota in adult cats.Journal of animal science · 2023Article
- Dietary choline, but not L-carnitine, increases circulating lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, without affecting body composition, energy expenditure or respiratory quotient in lean and obese male cats during weight maintenance.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Influence of high-protein and high-carbohydrate diets on serum lipid and fructosamine concentrations in healthy cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Homeostasis model assessment, serum insulin and their relation to body fat in cats.BMC veterinary research · 2021Article
- The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases in Humans and Companion Animals.Genes · 2020Review
- Overweight in adult cats: a cross-sectional study.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe existence of a genetic predisposition to obesity is commonly recognized in humans and rodents. Recently, a link between genetics and overweight was shown in cats. The goal of this study was to identify the effect of diet composition on plasma levels of glucose, insulin, free fatty acids and triglycerides in cats receiving different diets (high-carbohydrate, high-fat and high-protein diets).
resultsInsulin and leptin concentrations were significantly correlated with phenotype. Insulin levels were lower, whereas leptin levels were higher in cats predisposed to overweight. The other blood parameters were not correlated with phenotype. Intake of the high-carbohydrate diet resulted in higher insulin concentrations compared with the two other diets. Insulin levels were within the values described for non-obese cats in previous studies.
conclusionsThere was no difference in metabolic response between the two groups. As the high-carbohydrate diet led to the highest insulin blood concentrations, it might be useful to avoid such diets in cats predisposed to overweight. In addition, even cats with genetically linked obesity can regain insulin sensitivity after weight loss.
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