Open AccessIs Childhood Obesity Influenced by Dog Ownership? No Cross-Sectional or Longitudinal Evidence
Author(s) -
Carri Westgarth,
Jon Heron,
Andy Ness,
Peter Bundred,
Rosalind M. Gaskell,
Karen P. Coyne,
Alexander J. German,
Sandra McCune,
Susan Dawson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000345963
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , longitudinal study , confidence interval , confounding , childhood obesity , demography , body mass index , pediatrics , overweight , pathology , sociology
To examine whether dog ownership is associated with lower risk of childhood obesity.
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