Pets are good for you!
Tell you something you don’t know, right animalrehab readers?!
A Pet In Your Life Keeps The Doctor Away (source: ScienceDaily, Sep. 29, 2009) — Lowers blood pressure, encourages exercise, improves psychological health— these may sound like the effects of a miracle drug, but they are actually among the benefits of owning a four-legged, furry pet…Earlier this year, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), co-hosted two workshops with The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition, a division of Mars Incorporated, bringing together leading experts to discuss the benefits of human-animal interaction in childhood…“Pets are of great importance to people, especially during hard economic times,??? …
In 2008, ReCHAI sponsored the “Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound and Stay Fit for Seniors.??? In the preliminary program, a group of older adults were matched with shelter dogs, while another group of older adults were partnered with a human walk buddy. For 12 weeks, participants were encouraged to walk on an outdoor trail for one hour, five times a week. At the end of the program, researchers measured how much the older adults’ activity levels improved.
“The older people who walked their dogs improved their walking capabilities by 28 percent,???
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A similar article from 12/08 shows that students may be better able to handle the stress of college if they have a pet.
Pets improve the quality of life for aging folks and those that are chronically ill.
An unconditional love source that keeps you healthier!! And doesn’t spoil like an apple (-a – day…)
