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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 100, Issue 9, Pages 1669-1671Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.188193
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- Wellcome Trust [068362/Z/02/Z]
- British Heart Foundation [PG/06/003]
- National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI)
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
- Department of Health
- Diabetes UK
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Medical Research Council
- Research and Development Office for the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services
- Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Executive Health Department
- Welsh Assembly Government
- ESRC [ES/G007462/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MC_U106179474, MC_U106179473, G0501295] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G007462/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0501295, MC_U106179474, MC_U106179473] Funding Source: researchfish
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Dog ownership is associated with higher physical activity levels in adults; whether this association occurs in children is unknown. We used accelerometry to examine physical activity levels in 2065 children aged 9 to 10 years. Children from dog-owning families spent more time in light or moderate to vigorous physical activity and recorded higher levels of activity counts per minute (25; 95% confidence interval [CI]=6, 44) and steps per day (357; 95% CI=14, 701) than did children without dogs. (Am J Public Health. 2010;100:16691671. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.188193)
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