Minnesota has the highest rate of overweight dogs and cats in the nation. University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center’s nutrition technician, Joan Smith, suggests ways to get your pets to shed their extra weight.

Exercise and the maintenance of a healthy lean body weight not only helps prevent the onset of arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory problems, but it also helps your pet live longer.

http://www.health.umn.edu/healthtalk/2012/07/27/pet-obesity-and/

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