Redefining Pet Obesity: Recognizing Obesity as a Disease
Obesity is a serious health threat affecting millions of pets worldwide. At the World Pet Obesity Association, we’re on a mission to change the way we approach pet obesity. By recognizing it as a disease, we can take proactive steps toward diagnosis, treatment, and prevention—ensuring healthier, happier lives for pets everywhere.
Guide for Pet Obesity Communication in Media and Professional Communications
This resource is designed for media outlets, veterinary professionals, and pet health organizations to promote meaningful, informed conversations about the prevention, management, and perception of pet obesity. Click here to learn more.
About us
Our mission is to solve the complex challenges of pet obesity through deeper understanding and collaboration, promote evidence-based obesity and weight loss interventions, drive important research to understand the health impacts and causes of weight and obesity-related disorders in animals, and advance the discussion of pet obesity and its impact on health and the human-animal bond.
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) is a non-profit charitable organization.
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