Westgarth C, Boddy L M, Stratton G, German A J, Gaskell R M, Coyne K P, Bundred P, McCune S, Dawson S
Institute of Infection and Global Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK.
School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK.
Pediatr Obes. 2017 Dec;12(6):e51-e56. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12176. Epub 2016 Oct 28.
Health benefits of dog walking are established in adults: dog owners are on average more physically active, and those walking their dogs regularly have lower weight status than those who do not. However, there has been little research on children.
This study aimed to examine the association between dog ownership or dog walking and childhood fitness or weight status.
A survey of pet ownership and involvement in dog walking was combined with fitness and weight status measurements of 1021 9 to 10-year-old children in the Liverpool SportsLinx study.
We found little evidence to support that children who live with, or walk with, dogs are any fitter or less likely to be obese than those who do not.
This is an important finding, as it suggests that the activity that children currently do with dogs is not sufficient enough to impact weight status or fitness.
遛狗对成年人的健康有益，这一点已经得到证实：养狗的人平均身体活动量更大，而且那些经常遛狗的人比不遛狗的人体重状况更低。然而，针对儿童的相关研究却很少。
本研究旨在探讨养狗或遛狗与儿童健康或体重状况之间的关联。
在利物浦体育林克斯研究中，对1021名9至10岁儿童的宠物拥有情况和参与遛狗情况的调查，与他们的健康和体重状况测量相结合。
我们几乎没有发现证据支持与狗生活在一起或与狗一起散步的儿童比不这样做的儿童更健康或肥胖可能性更低。
这是一项重要发现，因为它表明儿童目前与狗一起进行的活动不足以影响体重状况或健康。
