Even Our Pets Are Fat

NY Times: "America's pets don't care a whit about rock-hard abs. Most dogs and cats have yet to meet a buttery table scrap they didn't like, no matter how much kibble they have consumed. That apparent lack of willpower is not only ruining Fido's or Fluffy's figure. According to the latest feeding guidelines from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, pets are chowing their way toward diabetes, heart disease and other ailments. 'Obesity,' the document states, 'is estimated to occur in 25 percent of dogs and cats in westernized societies.'"