Raising Dogs Helps Children Lose Weight

We all know that whether it is dogs or us, obesity is always an undesirable condition. The troubles brought by obesity are something that some friends have deeply experienced. Compared to us, children seem to be more gluttonous, although for those more mischievous and physically active children, this may not be a problem. But for some lazier children, it is quite likely to cause obesity issues.

If you raise a dog and like it, you will inevitably play with it, which increases your own physical activity in an invisible way. German experts have found that raising dogs can help overweight children lose weight, and the results are quite good.

There is such an example: a nine-year-old boy named Philip goes to a dog training field near his home every four weeks to play with puppies. After eight months, he lost three kilograms. In fact, that dog training field is specially designed to help children lose weight. The owner of the training field said that the main reasons for childhood obesity are mostly eating too much and moving too little. By playing with puppies, children who originally do not like to move will chase, run, and jump with the dogs and gradually come to love exercise. During this process, it also trains children’s physical coordination, and through interaction with the dogs, it strengthens children’s self-confidence.

Research has found that nearly one-quarter of German preschool children are overweight. Childhood obesity increases the chance of many diseases in adulthood. Therefore, using raising dogs and playing with children as a way to help overweight children lose weight is truly killing two birds with one stone.

It can be seen that raising dogs not only solves boredom and frustration for us temporarily but also has many benefits for our health. If children are unwilling to move, then it is worth raising a lively and gentle dog to become a playmate with the child. It is believed that the child’s physical activity will correspondingly increase.