Owning a dog can improve physical health. While we all know that having a dog can improve overall happiness and improved mental health, a new study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows that dog owners are less stressed, more active, have a decreased risk of asthma, and have lowered blood pressure as well. While studying over 3,000 participants ranging in age from 49-91, researchers found that the participants who didn’t own dogs were sedentary for 30 minutes more than the ones who did. These findings may have implications in the senior citizen community, since retirement can often lead to a less active lifestyle. Owning a dog may just be the trick to maintain good health physically and mentally.

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