Description
Although at first glance providing obesity care can appear straightforward, however obesity is a complex multifactorial disease, and many difficulties can arise on the journey to a pet’s healthy weight. This session will look at some common problems encountered in practice that can slow, prevent or stop weight loss and will provide guidance on how to overcome them to continue improving quality of life for those patients with obesity even the challenging cases.
Learning Objectives
- Highlight the importance of client support and communication
- Explore solutions for different scenarios where weight loss is very slow or has ceased completely
- Demonstrate methods of achieving weight loss for complex obesity cases
- Discuss how concurrent disease and age can impact success
- Identify many common barriers to achieving weight loss in practice