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Don’t Chase a Number on a Scale: Transcending Weight in Animal Obesity Research and Care

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Body weight is a poor individual indicator of overall health and disease risk. Obesity is a disease, not a social construct. For decades, those two statements have caused confusion and controversy within the human and veterinary medical professions.

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