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25 October 2005 13:00

Sympatico / MSN Health & Fitness : News : Study found those who walked a dog for a year lost average of 14 pounds

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A University of Missouri-Columbia study says that having a dog can help people get more exercise and lose weight. "Our goal was to look for ways to increase the average exercise regimen, and we found being responsible for a pet, such as committing to walk a loaner dog, encouraged people who did not own dogs to walk more often and for longer periods of time. Our first study group averaged a weight loss of 14 pounds during the one-year program," researcher Rebecca Johnson, an associate professor of nursing and director of the College of Veterinary Medicine's Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction, said in a prepared statement.

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