Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you.Please help support the podcast:► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience      Published: 18 April 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41254-6   Dog owners are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than people without a dog: An investigation of the association between dog ownership and physical activity levels in a UK community   Carri Westgarth Robert M. Christley Christopher Jewell Alexander J. German Lynne M. Boddy Hayley E. Christian   Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 5704 (2019)   Abstract   Previous research suggests that dog owners are slightly more physically active than those without dogs, but have only studied one household member, and it is unclear whether time spent dog walking replaces other physical activity (PA).   A survey of 191 dog owning adults (DO), 455 non-dog owning adults (NDO), and 46 children, living in 385 households in West Cheshire UK, was conducted in July-August 2015. Objective (accelerometer)