The health benefits of dog walking for people and pets
Subtitle: evidence and case studies
By: [edited by] Rebecca Johnson, Alan Beck, Sandra McCune
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781557535825
Subjects: Dog walking; Walking; PETS / Dogs / General; HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise; Case studies; Health; Fitness walking; Human-animal relationships; Dogs
Description: "Obesity is a national epidemic in the United States. It is estimated that by 2018 the cost of treating weight-related illnesses will double to almost $350 billion a year, while a 2010 report by the US Surgeon General estimates that two-thirds of American adults and almost one in three children are now overweight or obese. This volume originated in a special 2009 symposium funded in part by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and sponsorship from Mars WalthamA on how human-animal interaction may help fight obesity across the lifespan. The authors present scientific evidence about the benefits of dog walking for improving human and animal health, and case studies of programs that are using this powerful expression of the human-animal bond to combat obesity. The volume is especially valuable as a sourcebook of evidence-based studies for public health professionals treating overweight humans and veterinarians treating obese dogs"--

"This book provides the scientific evidence about the benefits of dog walking for both humans and dogs to manage weight"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.