Weight Loss Management with Concurrent Diseases

When it comes to obese patients, you need to look at the whole pet, not just their one individual problem with weight loss. Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, explains how weight loss recommendations change when other concurrent disease processes are involved.

Because some pets may have concurrent diseases, it's extremely important to do a complete nutritional assessment and identify those other diseases that may also benefit from nutritional management.