Energy Requirement and Food Intake Behaviour in Young Adult Intact Male Cats with and without Predisposition to Overweight

Table 4

Mean food intake, duration of single stays, food intake/min of stay, meal size, and meal frequency in the cat food station of the cats of group GL (lean phenotype) and GO (overweight phenotype), different letters show significant differences (𝑃<0.05).

	Group GL	Group GO
Food intake mean ± SE (g DM/kg BW^0.67/d)	24.0±2.1^A	34.5±1.5^B
Duration of stay mean ± SE (min/d)	3.3±0.2^A	4.4±0.5^A
Food intake mean ± SE g/min of stay	2.6±0.1^A	3.7±0.1^B
Meal Size mean ± SE (g/d)	8.6±0.5^A	16.6±1.8^B
Meal frequency mean ± SE/d	9.5±0.3^A	7.2±0.2^A