Study Says Half of Pets Are Overweight

As part of a study on pet obesity in 29 states and 3 Canadian province, vet examined their regular patients  for pet obesity prevention.

The findings – nearly half of the examined cats (43%) and dogs (53%) are overweight. Obese dogs (10%) and cats (19%).

What troubles in this finding is the fact that overweight and obese are greater risk for high blood pressure and diabetes.

In the US 32 million dogs and 46 million cats are overweight.  8 million dogs and 17 million cats are thought to be obese.

The majority  of owners 63% of dog owners and 73% of cat owners are aware of their pet weight. Whether they know the risks or not was not mentioned in the study.