From NAVC

I’ll bet this has been a frequent question during this past year of economic distress and practice vulnerability.

Well, here we are six months into the first full year of Clinician's Brief and so far so good. Feedback from our readers has been most positive: we seem to have found the right content mix and format to provide practical information to the busy clinician. We regularly receive comments and suggestions from our readers and advisory board, and the staff is working hard to incorporate this input. We will be meeting next month at the ACVIM forum to assess progress to date, to plan for the future, and to try to make the journal even more responsive to our readers.

It is estimated that more than 100 million Americans are overweight and that 25% to 45% of our pets are overweight. So the question is why? Is it lack of exercise, consumption of fast food or diets high in fat or carbohydrates? A recent film documentary, Super Size Me, chronicles the journey of a healthy 185-pound; 6-foot, 2- inch man who embarks on a fast-food odyssey of epic (or super-sized) proportions.