Cats and Dogs also going to OB City

Obesity Epidemic Threatens Fido, Fluffy, Too - Yahoo! News: "Before sharing your Thanksgiving leftovers with your pampered pets, take note: The obesity epidemic in the United States is enlarging cats and dogs, not just their over-fed owners.
Overweight pets are a serious health issue today, experts say. About half of the nation's companion animals -- some 90 million cats and ogs -- are tipping the scales, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention.
'As a practicing veterinarian for almost 20 years, I've never seen this many overweight pets,' said Dr. Ernie Ward, author of Chow Hounds: Why Our Dogs Are Getting Fatter -- A Vet's Plan to Save Their Lives. 'We're witnessing the super-sizing of America's pets before our very eyes.'
The cause of obesity in people and pets is the same, added veterinarian Dr. Joe Wakshlag, assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
'The Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] says that America has become 'obesogenic,' meaning that we live in a world that promotes increased food intake, unhealthy food choices and reduced physical activity,' he said. 'Our pets live in the same world and are suffering the same consequences of obesity.'"