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Fat cats are at risk for health problems.
Diabetes mellitus is one. In an obese cat stress can trigger a metabolic change that causes a complete loss of appetite, and causes the liver to deteriorate and gradually become infiltrated by fat. Untreated cats die and treatment is not always successful. Dieting can be a stress for a cat, so obese cats are really between a rock and a hard place. A recent study at Cornell University investigated a diet cat food and also a nutritional supplement called carnitine that is thought to have potential in preventing fatty liver syndrome.