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‘We shouldn't classify pet obesity as a disease’
Author(s) -
Hargreaves Robin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.l6737
Subject(s) - obesity , disease , mechanism (biology) , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
Robin Hargreaves argues that the chronic weight gain that leads to obesity in pets is a normal animal behaviour and physiological mechanism, and so should not be regarded as a disease process.