Development, factor structure and application of the Dog Obesity Risk and Appetite (DORA) questionnaire

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Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Raffan, Eleanor ^a   Smith, Stephen P ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a   Wardle, Jane ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Dog; Eating behaviour; Exercise; Factor structure; Feeding; Health; Obesity; Owner; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG BREED; DOG OBESITY RISK AND APPETITE QUESTIONARRIE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SATIETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSE OF COHERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 84944904595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1278     Document Type: Article

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