How Does Hill’s Perfect Weight Work?

Your pet’s metabolism changes throughout their lifetime. As they get older, they burn fewer calories and may store excess fat more easily while struggling to maintain lean muscle mass.

Veterinarians highly recommend Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight dog and cat foods because they’re formulated to meet your pet’s changing metabolism and biological needs. They're backed by scientific evidence to be safe and effective for weight loss and long-term weight management. 

Learn how Perfect Weight foods help pets achieve and maintain a healthy weight, plus what you can do to ensure their weight loss journey is successful.
 

Is Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight Right For My Pet?

Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Dog Food and Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Cat Food are formulated for adult dogs and cats struggling to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. 

Perfect Weight pet foods from Hill’s Science Diet may benefit your pet if your pet is fully grown and has experienced changes in their metabolism due to age, lack of physical activity, or after spaying or neutering.
 

Does Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight Require A Prescription?

No, you do not need a prescription from your veterinarian to purchase Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight.

If your pet needs additional support, talk to your veterinarian about a prescription diet like Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management, also available in multi-care formulas.
 

How Does Hill’s Perfect Weight Work?

Hill’s Perfect Weight is formulated using breakthrough nutritional research to help pets lose weight while addressing the specific biological needs of overweight pets. 

A slower metabolism can make it difficult for overweight pets to maintain a healthy weight, even when fed fewer calories. What’s more, restricted calorie diets can lead to the loss of lean muscle tissue.

Hill’s Perfect Weight is high in lean, quality protein to support lean muscle mass and energy metabolism so they can burn more calories while building and maintaining muscle.

Amino acids l-carnitine, lipoic acid, lysine, and leucine in Hill’s Perfect Weight pet foods all play important roles in helping the body’s cells burn fat for energy and in muscle building and recovery. Coconut oil is added as a functional ingredient that provides a natural source of amino acids that support healthy metabolism.

Fiber in Hill’s Perfect Weight helps your pet feel satiated on a reduced-calorie diet so they feel full between meals. Fiber also helps stabilize blood sugar and promote healthy digestion.

Clinical feeding trials published by Hill’s veterinary nutrition researchers suggested that dogs and cats lose more body fat when fed a diet containing supplemental amino acids, fiber, and coconut oil than a typical reduced-calorie diet. 

What’s more, pets that participated in the study lost body fat and maintained or gained lean muscle mass even when fed increased calories during the weight maintenance phase.
 

How Long Does It Take For Pets To Lose Weight?

According to a nutritional study, over 70% of dogs and cats fed Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight lost weight within ten weeks. You can expect your pet to lose around 0.5-1% of their body weight per week. 

Weigh your pet at home weekly to track their weight loss progress. If your pet is not seeing results, or if you notice weight loss in excess of 2% of their body weight weekly for more than the first few weeks, you may need to adjust their serving size. 

Need help to support your pet’s weight loss? Not sure how much to feed or what to expect? Have questions about Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight? Talk to a veterinarian today when you schedule a same-day televet appointment with VetLive.