Nutritional assessments: Tools for the whole team
The veterinary healthcare team plays a vital role in educating pet owners to make informed decisions about their pets’ food. Join two veterinary nutritionists as they discuss the importance of the nutrition assessment and how to involve the entire healthcare team in performing one. They also review the Pet Nutrition Alliance’s (PNA) Dare to Ask tool and how to use it in practice.
This webinar was developed in partnership with the Pet Nutrition Alliance and made possible through educational funding from Pets Best Pet Health Insurance and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation.
Participants can expect to learn about:
- Roles that each veterinary team member can play in nutritional recommendations
- How to complete a nutrition assessment using elements of a standard patient assessment
- Tools to help answer client questions about pet foods
 | Dr. Julie Churchill, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition) Dr. Julie Churchill earned her DVM from Michigan State University. She completed her residency and earned her doctorate in small animal internal medicine and clinical nutrition from the University of Minnesota. She is passionate about all aspects of small animal clinical nutrition, including the role of nutrition in maintaining wellness and preventive care; obesity prevention and treatment; the nutrition needs of geriatric patients, and the role of nutrition in disease. She has served as a professor at the University of Minnesota and is a life member of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition. She also has been on the executive board of the PNA and on the board of the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. |
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 | Dr. Camille Torres, DABVP, DACVIM (Nutrition) Dr. Camille Torres earned her DVM from Colorado State University (CSU) in 2001. She went into small-animal private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico and in 2008 joined the community practice at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at CSU. She became board certified in feline and canine practice in 2011 and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine- Nutrition in 2021. Her interests lie in exploring the effects of obesity on companion animals, and the role of nutrition in obesity management. |
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