Table 7 Relationship between owner feeding and exercise habits and the body condition of dogs.
From: Prevalence of canine obesity in the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Characteristics | Underweight (BCS 1–3) | Ideal (BCS 4–5) | Overweight (BCS 6–7) | Obese (BCS 8–9) | All dogs | P-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Physical activity | |||||||||||
Yes | 8 | 7.1 | 68 | 60.2 | 31 | 27.4 | 6 | 5.3 | 113 | 100.0 | 0.406 |
No | 15 | 9.6 | 81 | 51.6 | 44 | 28.0 | 17 | 10.8 | 157 | 100.0 | |
Fried food consumptionb | |||||||||||
Healthy | 11 | 7.6 | 79 | 54.5 | 40 | 27.6 | 15 | 10.3 | 145 | 100.0 | 0.339 |
Unhealthy | 12 | 8.6 | 70 | 50.0 | 35 | 25.0 | 23 | 16.4 | 140 | 100.0 | |
Fruit consumptionb | |||||||||||
Healthy | 15 | 7.7 | 97 | 49.5 | 57 | 29.1 | 27 | 13.8 | 196 | 100.0 | 0.200 |
Unhealthy | 8 | 9.0 | 52 | 58.4 | 18 | 20.2 | 11 | 12.4 | 89 | 100.0 | |
Vegetable consumptionb | |||||||||||
Healthy | 10 | 7.0 | 86 | 60.1 | 27 | 18.9 | 20 | 14.0 | 143 | 100.0 | 0.659 |
Unhealthy | 13 | 9.2 | 63 | 44.4 | 48 | 33.8 | 18 | 12.7 | 142 | 100.0 | |
Snack consumptionb | |||||||||||
Healthy | 7 | 5.6 | 81 | 64.8 | 27 | 21.6 | 10 | 8.0 | 125 | 100.0 | 0.005 |
Unhealthy | 16 | 10.0 | 68 | 42.5 | 48 | 30.0 | 28 | 17.5 | 160 | 100.0 | |
