The effect of pet dog ownership on empirical measures of child activity

项目摘要 体重管理和久坐不动的生活方式越来越受到公众健康的关注 美国有近32%的2-19岁儿童被归类为超重或 太胖了。此外，超过70%的儿童没有达到中等到剧烈的建议 体力活动。然而，散步和和宠物狗玩耍可能是一个保护因素。 通过鼓励散步和其他体育活动来反对久坐不动的生活方式。宠物狗可能是 在增加体力活动方面尤为重要，因为51%的有孩子的家庭有 宠物狗。我们的长期目标是评估犬类影响儿童的因果模型 体力活动和评估干预和预防努力，以增加体力活动在 孩子们。我们的目标是使用客观的体力活动加速度计测量 评估宠物狗对儿童整体体力活动(PA)的影响，适度至 剧烈体力活动(MVPA)。将持续佩戴的加速度计用于患有和 如果没有狗，我们将评估宠物主人是否会更多地参与PA。这是一项创新 建议的研究是在狗身上使用加速度计，允许同步周期 活动，如遛狗或与狗玩耍，用小说客观地量化 测量与狗相关的PA。该项目的具体目标是：(1)确定一个 家中的宠物狗与儿童的体力活动有关(与没有宠物狗的儿童相比 宠物狗)，(2)确定孩子参与的直接相关的体力活动的量 对狗的依恋(Dog Association PA)以及(3)评估儿童依恋与 他们的宠物狗和狗狗协会PA。该项目的成果将评估以下方面的潜力 宠物增加儿童的体力活动并制定学习所需的客观措施 评估犬类对主人体力活动的影响。

Project Summary Weight management and sedentary lifestyles are of growing concern for public health in the United States with nearly 32% of children ages 2-19 classified as either overweight or obese. Further, over 70% of children fail to meet recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical activity. Walking and playing with pet dogs, however, may be a protective factor against sedentary lifestyles by encouraging walking and other physical activity. Pet dogs may be particularly important in increasing physical activity given that 51% of homes with children have pet dogs. Our long-term goal is to evaluate a causal model of canines influencing children’s physical activity and evaluate intervention and prevention efforts to increase physical activity in children. Our objective here, is to use objective accelerometer measures of physical activity to evaluate the effect of pet dogs on children’s overall physical activity (PA) and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Using continuously worn accelerometers on children with and without dogs we will evaluate whether pet owners engage in more PA. One innovation of the proposed study is to use an accelerometer on the dog, allowing for periods of synchronized activity, such as walking the dog or playing with the dog, to be objectively quantified with a novel measure of Dog Associated PA. The specific aims of this project are to (1) determine whether a pet dog in the home is associated with physical activity in children (compared to children without a pet dog), (2) identify the amount of physical activity a child engages in that is directly related to the dog (Dog Associated PA), and (3) evaluate the association between child attachment to their pet dog and Dog Associated PA. The outcomes of this project will evaluate the potential of pets to increase physical activity in children and develop needed objective measures for studies evaluating canines’ impacts on owners’ physical activity.