While the battle against obesity requires dedication and discipline, the
rewards of an ideal body weight — for both the pet and the owners — are well worth the effort.
For this reason, the BMI calculation is not an absolute
determinant of your ideal body weight, and other measures are necessary to get a better picture, like calculating your waist - to - hip ratio.
This result is important because weight loss and
maintenance of an ideal body weight are associated with favorable effects on plasma triglyceride and HDL cholesterol levels, 59 as well as insulin sensitivity.
Raw feeding guides suggest 2 - 4 %
of ideal body weight as the daily amount to feed a cat, but that's typically for older cats and is what's considered «maintenance mode.»
How to master that ideal weight... Dr. Lambrecht has had a lot of success using prescription pet foods that have high protein content (1 gram of protein per pound of ideal weight for dogs and 2 grams per pound
of ideal body weight for cats).
A general rule of thumb is to drink 1/2
of your ideal body weight (measured in pounds) as ounces of non-caffeinated liquids a day.
If you are at or within 10 pounds
of your ideal body weight and don't have blood sugar markers that are elevated consuming a little bit of low glycemic fruit and safe starches (not from grain sources) may be okay (you should be consuming more vegetables than fruit and starch).
Generally, for adult cats you should feed 2 to 4 %
of ideal body weight per day.
As a general rule, a typical adult dog should consume about 2 - 4 %
of their ideal body weight per day.
Clinical trials for the device excluded women who weighed more than 130 percent
of ideal body weight, however.