Encouraging physical activity through dog walking: Why don't some owners walk with their dog?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Cutt, Hayley ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Dog ownership; Ecological; Environment; Exercise; Intervention; Neighborhood; Social support; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38549151374     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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