This may mean that cats are a good model for studying obesity in humans, and studying them could help both us and felines get healthier overall. "Animals share our beds. They share our ice cream.

Feeding a Fat Cat. A portly pussycat may look extra cuddly, but it’s unhealthy for cats to carry around too much weight. ... For example, if cats do not eat enough of the amino acid taurine, ...

Pudgy with a purpose: Fat cats could help humans better understand the way gut bacteria influences conditions like obesity and Type 2 diabetes, a new study claims. Food-related changes in obese ...

Fat cats. They’re great pets, internet famous and, according to a new study, possibly the next big thing in obesity research. Published in Scientific Reports, the study discovered our feline ...

Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a new study of feline gut microbes suggests—and both species would likely get healthier in the ...