Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Pet ownership, the most common human-animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, evaluate, and summarize primary research on the relationship between cat and/or dog ownership and cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and obesity to inform future research on pet ownership and chronic disease. How pet ownership was defined/measured, and identification of the chronic disease variables and health behaviors most often measured were emphasized. Two researchers independently searched PubMed and Web of Science, where One Health literature are mostly likely to be indexed, for peer-reviewed literature on pet ownership and

SUBMITTER: Barroso CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8706375 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature