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While research has suggested that pets can offer people health benefits, a new study from Finland finds that pet owners tend to be heavier, less active and in poorer health than those without a pet．Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland report the findings in an online journal published by the Public Library of Science．
Using survey data from more than 21,000 young to middle-aged Finnish adults, researchers found that pet owners were generally more likely to be overweight and to view their own health as poor．This was largely because pet owners tended to be middle-aged, have less education and more health-risk factors, explained Dr．Lena, the study’s lead author．
“Despite taking dogs for walks, pet owners typically got little exercise．This is likely because they were home-owners who could simply put the dog in the yard,”said Lena．
The fact that pet owners were in poorer health does not mean keeping pets isn’t healthy．“In my opinion,”said Lena,“Pets provide us all with a vast potential for health promotion．”
Pet owners, according to the reasearchers, may just need to make more of an effort-such as walking and playing with the dog instead of showing him in the yard．
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