Dog ownership during pregnancy, maternal activity, and obesity: A Cross-Sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Westgarth, Carri ^a   Liu, Jihong ^b   Heron, Jon ^c   Ness, Andrew R ^c   Bundred, Peter ^a   Gaskell, Rosalind M ^a   German, Alexander J ^a   McCune, Sandra ^d   Dawson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OWNERSHIP; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857086159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031315     Document Type: Article

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