Overweight in dogs, but not in cats, is related to overweight in their owners

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Nijland, Marieke L ^a   Stam, Frank ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Obesity; Overweight; Owners; Pets

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

EID: 75149147170     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999022X     Document Type: Article

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