{"id":20605,"date":"2025-08-28T08:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/2025\/08\/28\/obesity-in-pets\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:10:34","slug":"obesity-in-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/2025\/08\/28\/obesity-in-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity in Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20605\" class=\"elementor elementor-20605 elementor-20585\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b58afc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77b58afc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b0a620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13b0a620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obesity is one of the most common health problems in dogs and cats, and it can reduce their life expectancy. Excess weight increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, joint and respiratory problems, as well as certain types of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The main causes include an inappropriate diet, too many treats and snacks, and a lack of exercise. In some cases, hormonal problems like hypothyroidism can also contribute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To prevent it, it is essential to provide a balanced diet adapted to the pet&#8217;s age, size, and activity level. Measuring portions and avoiding homemade food not supervised by a vet helps with weight control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daily exercise, for both dogs and cats, not only helps them stay in shape but also stimulates their minds and strengthens the bond with their owner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If your pet is already overweight, the vet can design a safe and gradual weight loss plan, avoiding any health risks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49fafc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e49fafc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"724\" height=\"303\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20560 lazy\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/08\/blog-garbi-3-1024x429.jpeg\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/08\/blog-garbi-3-1024x429.jpeg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity is one of the most common health problems in dogs and cats, and it can reduce their life expectancy. Excess weight increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, joint and respiratory problems, as well as certain types of cancer. &nbsp; The main causes include an inappropriate diet, too many treats and snacks, and a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":20544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20610,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20605\/revisions\/20610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/garbi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}