{"id":143665,"date":"2026-01-07T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143665"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:30:10","slug":"meow-or-never-chinas-pudgy-pets-spark-race-for-weight-loss-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143665","title":{"rendered":"Meow or never: China\u2019s pudgy pets spark race for weight-loss drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostIrina Zhou\u2019s five-year-old cat has gained about a kilogram every year for the past three years. She knows the extra weight puts her pet at risk of obesity-related diseases and could even shorten his life.<br \/>\n\u201cMy parents just can\u2019t bear to see the cat go hungry,\u201d the 29-year-old Zhou said. \u201cIf the weight starts to affect his health, I might consider trying weight-loss medicines for him.\u201d<br \/>\nThe idea of using obesity drugs for pets drew public attention after Fosun Pharma\u2019s unit Yao Pharma signed a&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3338820\/meow-or-never-chinas-pudgy-pets-spark-race-weight-loss-drugs?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostIrina Zhou\u2019s five-year-old cat has gained about a kilogram every year for the past three years. She knows the extra weight puts her pet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143665"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}