Dog Ownership from a Life Course Perspective and Leisure-time Physical Activity in Late Adulthood: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.
Objectives: We investigated the association between dog ownership during the life course and leisure-time PA (LTPA) in late adulthood. Methods: We included 714 participants (mean age = 70.8 ± 2.6 years) from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS). Dog ownership for every decade of life, current dog...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 11 - 19 |
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