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The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal case-controlled study | BMC Public Health | Full Text

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By Philippa Dall, Brian Ellis, P Margaret Grant, Alison Colyer
| Biomed Central (BMC)
In this study owning a dog indicated a large, potentially health improving effect [25]: on average 20 min of additional time spent walking and 2700 additional steps per day with this additional walking undertaken at a moderate cadence (?100 step/min). Indeed, the size of the difference may be sufficient to meet PA guidelines on its own (22 min of MVPA every day would achieve 150 min of MVPA per week).
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Metabolic Profiling Reveals Effects of Age, Sexual Development and Neutering in Plasma of Young Male Cats

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By Melton Mowbray, David Allaway, Matthew S. Gilham, Alison Colyer
| PLOS
Neutering is a significant risk factor for obesity in cats. The mechanisms that promote neuter-associated weight gain are not well understood but following neutering, acute changes in energy expenditure and energy consumption have been observed. Metabolic profiling (GC-MS and UHPLC-MS-MS) was used in a longitudinal study to identify changes associated with age, sexual development and neutering in male cats fed a nutritionally-complete dry diet to maintain an ideal body condition score.
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