COS - 210 - Nutrition Conversations that Change Behaviors

Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist Dr. Jackie Parr joins Dr. Andy Roark to talk about her chapter in the new Purina Institute Handbook of Canine and Feline Nutrition! Dr. Parr talks about her objectives going into the exam room to take a nutrition history, how to use the interaction to build trust with pet owners, and ultimately how to convert these conversations into better clinical outcomes. She also talks about her fondness for leveraging telehealth to engage pet owners, and the most common pitfalls practices fall into when it comes to nutritional assessments. This episode is brought to you ad-free by The Purina Institute! LINKS: Purina Institute Handbook of Canine and Feline Nutrition: https://www.purinainstitute.com/sign-up?utm_campaign=pin-acquisition2023&utm_medium=influencer&utm_source=cone_of_shame_podcast_parr&utm_content=cr-clinical_nutrition_handbook_sign_up_pt-na&utm_term= Purina Institute: https://www.purinainstitute.com/ American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition) Diet History Form: https://bit.ly/Nutrition-diet-form Purina Institute CentreSquare Diet History Form: https://www.purinainstitute.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/screening-evaluation.pdf World Small Animal Veterinary Association Global Nutrition Committee Nutrition Diet History Form: https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Diet-History-Form.pdf American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: https://www.acvim.org/home Canadian Academy of Veterinary Nutrition: https://canvetnutrition.com/ American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition: https://aavnutrition.org/ Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians: https://nutritiontechs.com/homepage/about/ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr. Jackie Parr (aka The Kibble QueenTM), a Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and one of under 100 Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition), is a proud Canadian who currently resides in Athens, Georgia, USA with her beloved Boston Terrier. Festooned with veterinary and academic designations that speak to a passion for science and veterinary medicine that borders on obsession, Dr. Parr is among the elite where pet nutrition is concerned. A natural educator, Dr. Parr is widely sought after in professional circles as both a public speaker, and as a specialist for consults on the most unique and emergent nutritional cases. She is a passionate nutrition advocate and an accessible expert with feet planted firmly in both the academic and practical worlds of specialized nutritional medicine. She is a proud Founding Member and the Inaugural President of the Canadian Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (CAVN) and was delighted to join the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2020 as the Nestlé Purina Petcare Clinical Assistant Professor of Nutrition. She leads the small but mighty Clinical Nutrition Service which has grown to include of two ACVIM (Nutrition) Residents and two Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVTs) since 2021.