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An overwhelmingly large number of inhabitants of this country are obese. Obesity can be observed in everyone from the newspaper boy or girl to the poodle next door. However, small children and animals have no ability to control their weight. They depend completely on their parents or caregivers to supply them with food. Why then, would any person, thin or fat, want to make their child or pet overweight? Perhaps the best way to find this answer is to look at the way two certain types of people view their pets and show their love.



For many people pets are athletes that require special care, even if the pet isn't a show animal. People in this category view animals as beings that need healthy diets and active lifestyles. Therefore, it is necessary that the animals, whether cat, dog, horse, or bird, receive high quality food that is intended for their type of species. They are never fed table scraps, and when they do get the "rare treat," it is one that is made for pets and is......

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