Fight the fat
Tags: PETS -- Health; OBESITY
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- Is your pet too pudgy? McIntosh, Claire R. // Heart & Soul;Oct/Nov97, Issue 23, p26
Suggests ways on how to know if your pet is overweight. Health problems of overweight pets; Estimated number of overweight pets.
- HELP FOR YOUR OVERWEIGHT PET. Palika, Liz // Saturday Evening Post;May/Jun97, Vol. 269 Issue 3, p24
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- Is Your Pet Too Plump? Bokhari, Diana Saakian // Alive: Canada's Natural Health & Wellness Magazine;Jan2003, Issue 243, p130
Presents tips for maintaining health of obese domestic pets. Switching to protein-based diet; Increase activity level; Suggested food supplements.
- Battling pet obesity. // DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine;Nov2009, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p12S
The article focuses on the efforts of the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) in preventing pet obesity in the U.S. According to APOP, half of the dogs and cats in the U.S. are overweight and obese. It indicates that APOP has raised awareness about the risks of pet obesity through...
- Healthy Pet. Marder, Amy // Prevention;Nov2000, Vol. 52 Issue 11, p170
Discusses obesity in dogs and cats. Problems associated with pet obesity, including joint and locomotion problems, heart and respiratory diseases; skin problems, and gastrointestinal disorders; How to detect obesity; Advice for helping a pet lose weight.
- When Fido Needs a Fat Farm. Aschwanden, Christie; Freinkel, Susan; Mason, Mike // Health (Time Inc. Health);Mar99, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p21
Presents the result of a survey conducted by Hill's Pet Nutrition which shows the lack of attention by the owners to their pets that are considered obese or overweight. Risk of obesity in animals; Diet modification.
- Comments. // New York;7/2/2007, Vol. 40 Issue 24, p20
Several letters to the editor are quoted in response to the articles "Steve Jobs in a Box," by John Heilemann and "The Science of Gaydar," by David France, both from the June 25, 2007 issue and "Fat is a Four-Legged Word," by Arianne Cohen, from the June 11, 2007 issue.
- Debate. // Scholastic News -- Edition 4;12/06/99, Vol. 62 Issue 11, p7
Debates on whether pets should be treated with human medicines or drug companies should concentrate on making lifesaving medicines for humans.
- Try a little tenderness. Jabs, Cynthia // Country Living;Apr94, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p182
Discusses the physiological and psychological benefits of animal massage. Book `The Healing Touch,' by Michael W. Fox; Book `How to Massage Your Cat,' by Alice M. Brock; Pets' signals as a basis of diagnostic massage; Key to the therapeutic powers of massage; Compensation for the shortcomings...
