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Dog Owners Get More Exercise (Published 2019)
Dog owners spent close to 300 minutes each week walking with their dogs, about 200 more minutes of walking than people without dogs.
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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
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 whet …
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