Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition
Preface and Acknowledgments
Nutrition is rarely the first thing the practicing veterinarian considers when making medical recommendations for their patients. Yet eating is one of the only activities every one of our patients does every day, thereby underscoring the importance of the right diet and feeding practices. In fact, appropriate food choices and feeding practices to maintain a lean body condition are the only things in veterinary medicine proven to extend life expectancy in dogs (Kealy et al. 2002). Given
that overweight and obese cats are at risk of developing diseases such as
diabetes mellitus and hepatic lipidosis that often shorten their life span,
one can confidently speculate that this finding may apply to cats as well.
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Nutrition is rarely the first thing the practicing veterinarian considers when making medical recommendations for their patients. Yet eating is one of the only activities every one of our patients does every day, thereby underscoring the importance of the right diet and feeding practices. In fact, appropriate food choices and feeding practices to maintain a lean body condition are the only things in veterinary medicine proven to extend life expectancy in dogs (Kealy et al. 2002). Given
that overweight and obese cats are at risk of developing diseases such as
diabetes mellitus and hepatic lipidosis that often shorten their life span,
one can confidently speculate that this finding may apply to cats as well.
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