Pregnant Women More Likely To Achieve Recommended Exercise Levels If They Care For A Dog

Apparently caring about your unborn child is not motivation enough.

The study of more than 11,000 pregnant women, in partnership with Mars Petcare, showed that those who owned dogs were approximately 50% more likely to achieve the recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day through high levels of brisk walking than those without dogs. Scientists suggest that as it is a low-risk exercise, walking a dog could form part of a broader strategy to improve the health of pregnant women.

But the study, according to this article, did not evaluate outcome data.

This is routine for BS research.

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