養狗有助於建立規律的運動習慣

10.6162/SRR.2009.101.24

黃耀宗

身體活動 ； 走路 ； 散步 ； 健康 ； 寵物

大專體育

101期（2009 / 04 / 01）

172 - 178

繁體中文

比率偏低，且中斷運動習慣的比率偏高。雖然從個人的認知及行為改變技巧有助於運動計畫的開始，但對於長期的運動習慣維持仍有不足之處。近期的許多國外研究結果發現透過飼養狗可以幫助增進身體活動量，並可能有助於建立長期的運動習慣。然而，在台灣卻非常缺乏這一方面的研究，因此，本文首先將介紹養狗對身體健康有何幫助，第二，進一步說明養狗與身體活動量的關係，第三，說明為什麼飼主會和狗兒一起運動，有哪些相關的促進及阻礙因素，最後，就飼養狗在增加身體活動量方面提出研究上的建議。

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