In the human space, it’s taken us a long time to truly understand the impact of being overweight or obese and the complicated causes behind that condition. As evidence mounts that pet obesity is increasing at speed, I would contend there is now an urgent need to translate that understanding to the animal world. The simple reality is that overweight and obese pets have a shorter lifespan and poorer quality of life. That means that it is incumbent upon anyone who wants to make a better world for pets – as we do at Mars Petcare – to address this …