Children with Dogs Exercise More

If your child is a couch potato, you might consider adopting a dog. That's because new research has determined children from dog-owning families exercise more than those without mutts do.


The study results, published in the American Journal of Public Health, show children with dogs spend an average of 325 minutes doing physical activity per day, 11 more than those without dogs. This included time spent in light, moderate, moderate to vigorous, and vigorous activity. Dog owners also spend 11 minutes less (562 altogether) in sedentary behavior each day. They were found to take 360 more steps (four per cent) than the others.



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Our dog certainly keeps our kids occupied. :)