Dr. Joy Kong says pets with obesity, diabetes, allergies, and skin issues often don't improve despite medication and expensive treatments. Owners are pushing vets to focus on diet as a solution. Kong argues nutrition should be central to veterinary training.
Pet owners are frustrated with the state of their animals who have obesity, chronic conditions that require continuous medication, such as diabetes and allergies and skin issues. They're really not getting better. They're just having to continue medications and pay these bills. And so pet owners are driving the conversation and really doing their research now and coming to veterinarians with alternative ideas and especially when it comes to food, I feel that nutrition needs, needs to be pillar in our education and our foundational knowledge.
