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Owning a dog motivates a significant amount of physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), who spent 19.8±2.6 MET.h per week walking the dog, representing 62.9±4.9% of their total physical activity.
Encouraging dog ownership may enhance physical activity levels in T2D patients.
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Dog owners with T2D diabetes spent 19.8±2.6 MET.h per week walking the dog, which represented 62.9±4.9% of their total physical activity.
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Owning a Dog as a Determinant of Physical Activity and Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Julia Riske et al. · Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes · 2019
DOI 10.1055/a-0890-3254
cross-sectional · n=446Cited 4×
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