Dogs may need to be fed in a variety of ways depending on many external and internal factors such as their breed, age and health status. However, the portion of a dog meal can also differ from many things. Besides, a dog, How often should I eat in a day? While the general opinion on this issue is twice a day, a new study has re-examined this issue.

Research by a team of scientists at the University of Arizona has produced an interesting result that negates current recommendations. With the participation of a total of 10 thousand dogs The study conducted found that adult dogs fed just one meal a day were healthier than adult dogs fed multiple meals.

Dogs fed once a day were found to be healthier:

Emily Bray, the head of the research team, in their investigation of the scale of cognitive dysfunction in dogs fed once a day. have lower scores explained. However, it was observed that the risk of gastrointestinal, dental, orthopedic, renal-urinary and hepatic-pancreatic disease was also reduced in these dogs.

All data in the research carried out as part of the ‘Dog Aging Project’ project, by dog ​​owners provided manually. However, the researchers concluded that only based on relationships He also stressed that there is no causality. So dog owners that they should not act alone directly from this investigation. told.