After GLP-1s Went Mainstream for Humans, Obese Pets Are Next

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After GLP-1s Went Mainstream for Humans, Obese Pets Are Next

The weight-loss revolution that transformed human healthcare is now coming for household pets, as Chinese pharma companies race to bring GLP-1 treatments to the booming market of overweight cats and dogs. According to sources, Irina Zhou’s five-year-old cat has been packing on roughly 2.2 lbs (1...

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[Chucky]

Considering most obese pets are a product of your poor nutrition on the part of their owners, I don't know why anyone would want to give their pets GLP-1. People I understand as we can get reach into the fridge or buy absolute junk and stuff our faces, but unless pets have somehow gained the ability to apply for and get credit cards, I don't see the point. Even the article states in a roundabout way that obese cats are a product of their owners.

 

[tubby]

Considering most obese pets are a product of your poor nutrition on the part of their owners, I don't know why anyone would want to give their pets GLP-1. People I understand as we can get reach into the fridge or buy absolute junk and stuff our faces, but unless pets have somehow gained the ability to apply for and get credit cards, I don't see the point. Even the article states in a roundabout way that obese cats are a product of their owners.

That's a good point, although this is an interesting topic to consider.

A lot of discussion on human obesity tries to handwave it away by blaming it on people being more sedentary or bad at math (e.g. calorie counting). A little harder to claim that housecats have gotten lazier in the last 30 years (vs investigating how the nature of cat food has changed in that time).

 

[YoYoFat]

Humans control their pets’ consumption. So if a pet is overweight, that’s because the human is feeding it too much.

 

[foxgirl]

If an owner doesn’t care enough to keep their pets from becoming obese, I sure as hell wouldn’t expect them to care enough to spend the money on any GLP-1.