Food motivation and owner feeding management practices are associated with overweight among Dog Aging Project participants
Heightened awareness of factors associated with companion dog overweight equips veterinarians to recognize dogs at risk. Client education and future research into weight-control strategies can be targeted to this at-risk population.
Authors
- Kellyn E. McNulty
- Zihan Zheng
- Kate E. Creevy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-374X)
- Kathleen Gärtner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2221-6251)
- Jessica M. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9487-1629)
- Audrey Ruple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-0217)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.24.11.0358
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82