Sonoma County Gazette ·
Dogs keep kids active, study finds – especially young girls
If your kids are campaigning hard for a puppy, science just handed them fresh ammo. A three-year study that followed 600 children from preschool into early elementary school found that when families added a dog, young girls racked up about 52 extra minutes of light physical activity per day. When a family lost a dog during the study, girls’ light activity dropped by roughly 62 minutes — suggesting