Evaluation of owner education as a component of obesity treatment programs for dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1932-1935

  Yaissle, Jill E ^a   Holloway, Cheryl ^a   Buffington, C A Tony ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIET, REDUCING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 2942547422     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1932     Document Type: Article

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