Does dog acquisition improve physical activity, sedentary behaviour and biological markers of cardiometabolic health? Results from a three-arm controlled study.

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med · 2020 · PMC7254141 · PMID 32518673

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Compared with baseline, the dog acquisition group also performed 1396 additional steps/day at 8 months, although this finding did not reach statistical significance (p=0.17, 95% CI −719.82 to 3512.71).

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