Presentation Description / Summary: Obesity in both animal and human healthcare impacts greatly on the overall welfare of the patient and clinical outcomes. There are many initiatives in human healthcare, including education, access to support networks, and even financial initiatives for weight loss. There are similarities between pet obesity and childhood obesity; and there is a lot we can learn and translate across to veterinary medicine.
Learner Outcomes: Understand the similarities between pet obesity and childhood obesity. Understand the psychological aspects of obesity.
Learning Objectives:
understand the links drawn between pet and human obesity.
use evidence base to help owners better understand obesity.
see how childhood obesity strategies have proven helpful in animal o esity management methods.
