Appropriate Weight Control Programs for Overweight Pets- Do’s and Don’t’s

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Objective Statement:

• Participants will be able to describe the negative consequences of obesity in small animal patients
• Participants will be able to explain why feeding a veterinary therapeutic weight-loss diet is essential in any weight loss plan
• Participants will be able to explain why telling a client to “simply feeding less: of a maintenance pet food is potentially harmful and counter-productive in weight loss plans
• Participants will be able to describe how to calculate feeding amounts for a pet requiring weight loss
• Participants will be able to state what an appropriate rate of weight loss is for an overweight or obese pet.

Speaker: Stewart Morgan, DVM, Ph.D. DACVIM (Nutrition)

Bio: Dr. Morgan is originally from the east coast. He was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He went to Haverford College in Pennsylvania for his Bachelors, Stony Brook University for his Ph.D. in Genetics, Cornell University for his D.V.M. and to Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine for his residency training in Comparative Veterinary Nutrition.

Dr. Morgan has both small and large animal experience. He was an Assistant Professor at Western University College of Veterinary Medicine and the former Associate Manager of Scientific Affairs (for the United States) at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.