{"topic_id":"evidence_feline_obesity_weight","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_feline_obesity_weight\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Evidence cluster — feline obesity & weight management (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, first-hand peer-reviewed abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_feline_obesity_weight_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 396\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Evidence: feline obesity & weight management\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-22. Query: `(\"feline obesity\" OR (\"obesity\" AND cat)) AND (diet OR nutrition)`. The cluster returns **28780** records in Europe PMC; 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.\n\n## Studies\n- **PMID 42022391 (2026, Frontiers in veterinary science)** — From pathogenesis to prevention: an update on the management of obesity and its associated comorbidities in cats.. Overweight and obesity represent the most common nutritional disorder in domestic cats and constitute a significant global health issue.\n- **PMID 41929271 (2026, Frontiers in veterinary science)** — Feline obesity is associated with stronger owner attachment, while indoor confinement increases risk of obesity at an early age in domestic shorthaired cats.. Knowledge of risk factors for overweight and obesity is important for making preventative strategies for feline obesity.\n- **PMID 42288060 (2026, Research in veterinary science)** — Prevalence of POMC allele associated with obesity in feline population in Vietnam.. Feline obesity is an increasingly important health problem influenced by both genetic predisposition and husbandry practices.\n- **PMID 42188905 (2026, Veterinary sciences)** — Multi-Omics Analyses of the Gut Microbiota and Metabolism in Cats with Different Body Conditions and the Effects of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation.. Obesity is increasingly recognized in domestic cats and is associated with metabolic disturbances such as insulin resistance and dyslipidemia.\n- **PMID 41499425 (2026, PloS one)** — Household survey on prevalence and risk factors for obesity in owned cats from Central Brazil.. Few studies have conducted the prevalence of obesity in cat populations and the associated risk factors by assessing cats in their homes, regardless of whether they had visited a veterinary hospital.\n- **PMID 42463058 (2026, The Journal of nutrition)** — Serum metabolomics reveals impaired fatty acid oxidation and elevated one-carbon demand in cats fed a low-protein diet compared to a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet.. <h4>Background</h4>Feline obesity remains a major metabolic health concern, yet the mechanistic effects of controlled macronutrient substitution on feline metabolism is poorly defined.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_feline_obesity_weight_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":396,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}