What affects us affects cats
There are two (at least) main reasons why Mounjaro is not a drug that should be relied upon if one wants to lose weight because one is obese and perhaps has type II diabetes as a consequence. It cuts appetite and therefore you eat much less. The first reason is that you have to …
All the news today is that the ‘fat jab’ Mounjaro now costs 170% more than before thanks we believe to Trump who has demanded that drugs from the UK are sold at a cheaper price in the US. In response Ely Lilly put up the price of Mounjaro in the UK to, ostensibly, match …
In recent decades, both humans and domestic cats have seen rising rates of obesity, often within the same households. While much has been written about the health crisis facing humans, the parallel issue among our feline companions is frequently overlooked. Yet veterinarians are sounding the alarm: domestic cats, particularly those living indoors, are becoming …
As the AI bot (Chat GPT) tells us, this is a nuanced discussion if one is to be fair in assessing humankind but it has always occurred to me that at a fundamental level it is not the best MO to tackle obesity by taking a pill which suppresses appetite as all medicines are …
The question in the title was prompted by me because of a study that is being conducted at present which is assessing faecal microbiota transplants as a means to achieve weight loss in cats. A $73,199 grant has been awarded to Ohio State University for Jenessa Winston, DVM, PhD, DACVIM to conduct the research. …
This example feline weight-loss diet comes from a study about obesity in animals and humans and how it alters the gut biome which in turn impacts overall health. Researchers can learn a lot about the effect on human health of obesity in reference to gut biome by studying cats; on this occasion a group …
COMMENT: Weight loss medication such as Wegovy and Ozempic (not FDA approved in the US incidentally) are brand names for the injectable drug semaglutide which is a GLP-1 agonist which works by stimulating hormones that control appetite. They are appetite suppressants. See base of article for potential side-effects. Don’t buy weight loss either for …
For a domestic cat to become obese – and veterinarians report an obesity epidemic among the domestic cat population in the United States and the United Kingdom – they have to eat more food than they need. This has always puzzled me as domestic cats have inherited their behaviours from their wildcat cousin in …
