American pets getting as fat as their owners

The universal excuse:

"Similar to humans, the weight gain can be blamed partly on genes and the environment."

The excuse is garbage for humans, it is garbage for animals.

Too fat is all about Calories In, Calories Out. There is no other cause. There never will be another cause.

"Animals eat too much of too-rich food and they are not active enough," said Philip Johnson, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

No, they do not "eat too much...," they are FED too much. It's not as if the pet prepares its own meals.

This is similar to adults and the children they abuse by overfeeding them.

All of the excuses in the world, no matter how creative, will not solve the problem.

If we cannot recognize the reality of fattening pets for what it is, how can we deal with the reality of human obesity/overweight?

We cannot.

Get real.