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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Cat – Obesity Management – Saver Pack: 48 x 100g

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet – Obesity Management can help your cat regain and maintain its ideal body condition. There are different causes for obesity in cats, but it is mostly a result of a too high energy intake, combined with too little exercise. Another common factor that can cause obesity is a change in your cat’s metabolic activity (e.g. neutering). Obesity doesn’t just affect your cat’s well-being, but it also carries long-term health risks and also dramatically shortens life expectancy. If your cat is overweight or obese, a long-term change to a specialised diet food is recommended and can help your cat lose any excess weight. Royal Canin Veterinary Diet – Obesity Management offers your cat delicious food, while also encouraging weight-loss. This food has a high protein content, which helps to reduce loss of muscle mass. The diluted energy density simultaneously enables a higher amount of daily food, which increases your cat’s feeling of fullness, while the inclusion of chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine can also counteract against joint diseases. Indications: Fat deposits Diabetes mellitus Contraindications: Pregnancy or lactation, kittens Key benefits: Joint protection: chondroitin sulphate inhibits the enzymatic damage to chondrocytes, while glucosamine stimulates formation of glycosaminoglycans. Together, they counteract degenerative joint diseases that are common in overweight cats. High protein content: helps to reduce loss of muscle mass, while also satisfying your cat’s hunger. Low starch: helps to reduce the development of post-prandial hyperglycaemia. Energy dilution: can decreases the energy intake to help combat weight gain, while the low-calorie formulation makes increasing the frequency of feedings possible, which makes your cat feel fuller. Length of treatment: The target weight, the daily amount of food and the length of time your cat needs to stay on this food depends on how much weight needs to be lost. The ideal weight-loss should be between 0.5-2% of the bodyweight per week. Closely monitoring your cat’s weight is very important, as cats can be at risk of developing feline hepatic lipidosis if they lose weight too quickly. After your cat has reached its target weight, you should weigh your cat regularly ensure that it maintains an ideal body weight .You can help your pet to maintain its ideal body weight with Royal Canin Obesity Management or Vet Care Nutrition for neutered cats. In all cases, the energy intake must not exceed 10% of the quota given in the last diet. Further information: The following advantages of a hypocaloric diets with a high protein content include: High acceptance Counteracting against muscle-loss during dieting Proteins having a comparable metabolised energy level of 30% less net energy than carbohydrates. Therapeutic veterinary diets are carefully formulated and recommended to be used in conjunction with veterinary advice and support. Royal Canin strongly recommend you seek advice from your vet prior to and during feeding of any of these products to your pet.

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