The Kennel Club estimates between 30% - 60% of Britain's 8.5 million dogs are obese, with that figure rising annually. RSA insures more than one million cats and dogs in the UK - making it the largest insurer of the U.K's favourite household pets.

Explains Kenny Leitch, global connected insurance director, RSA: 'There is no NHS for pets - we essentially provide private health insurance for dogs and just like the human healthcare market, education and encouraging prevention of disease is paramount.

'The really clever element here is that owners can for the first time use real-time data to monitor how their pet is behaving and how that behaviour might affect their health. This information is designed to help owners make smart decisions to prevent disease. We want to help our customers give their dogs the best and healthiest life possible.

'We have been looking for the right partner to work with us and our customers. PitPat offers us a powerful and practical way of generating lots of secure and robust data about 200 breeds of dogs that is both incredibly easy for us and valuable for our customers.'

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