Tips for starting a communication with pet owners about their pet's overweight or obesity

Discussing a pet's overweight or obesity can be a sensitive topic for many owners. Often, they may not realize how different their pet's energy needs are from their own.

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These infographics are designed to support you, as a veterinarian, in your conversations with your clients. They address two key questions to help guide the conversation:

1. Are they overfeeding their pets?
This document is intended to help you guide pet owners toward healthier feeding practices by highlighting the role of treats in contributing to obesity.

Many pet owners may not realize that what seems like a small piece of cheese for them represents a huge quantity of calories for their pet. By showing the human equivalent of the most common treats, they may give their pet and the percentage of their daily caloric intake it represents, you can educate owners about the role of treats in contributing to obesity and poor health.

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