Just like the human epidemic, almost 50% of the pet population is overweight. Even a little extra weight can impact the pet's quality of life and relationship with family because that extra weight can reduce play time, put your dog at risk of urinary conditions like bladder stones and affect the lifelong general health of your dog. Hill's nutritionists & veterinarians developed Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic + Urinary Canine clinical nutrition to help manage your dog's weight and urinary health. In fact, Metabolic + Urinary Canine is specially formulated to reduce the risk of calcium oxalate & struvite stones AND is nutrition clinically proven to reduce weight by 13% in 60 days.