When we talk about the key shifts of the twentieth century — those involving politics, trade, consumption, art — we leave out what is surely the most astonishing physical change in all of
human history, one that has happened mostly
during the last century: the doubling of the
human life span in much....
Like
humans, overweight dogs are at risk to develop chronic health problems, including arthritis, injury, heat stroke, complications
during surgery and a shortened
life span.