Children, parents, and pets exercising together (CPET) randomised controlled trial : study rationale, design, and methods

Yam, Philippa S and Morrison, Ryan and Penpraze, Viki and Westgarth, Carri and Ward, Dianne S and Mutrie, Nanette and Hutchison, Pippa and Young, David and Reilly, John J (2012) Children, parents, and pets exercising together (CPET) randomised controlled trial : study rationale, design, and methods. BMC Public Health, 12. 208. (https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-208)

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Abstract

Objectively measured physical activity is low in British children, and declines as childhood progresses. Observational studies suggest that dog-walking might be a useful approach to physical activity promotion in children and adults, but there are no published public health interventions based on dog-walking with children. The Children, Parents, and Pets Exercising Together Study aims to develop and evaluate a theory driven, generalisable, family-based, dog walking intervention for 9-11 year olds.

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Yam, Philippa S, Morrison, Ryan, Penpraze, Viki, Westgarth, Carri, Ward, Dianne S, Mutrie, Nanette, Hutchison, Pippa, Young, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-0513 and Reilly, John J ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-5471;
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