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work_2pu3kz2265g67okcvi24fguby4	Roschelle Heuberger	Associations of Pet Ownership with Older Adults Eating Patterns and Health	2017.0	10	.pdf	application/pdf	8052	2225	83	Pet ownership has been shown to improve quality of life for older adults. years of age, who owned either one cat or one dog versus nonowners based on age, race, gender, and education. In a study of Scandinavians older adults who owned a dog showed overall better included that older dog or cat owners would differ from one Figure 1: Characteristics of older pet owners versus matched nonowners>50 years residing in the rural United States (𝑁=168). older non-pet owners on other health related characteristics contribution to variance in the number of physician diagnosed owner health conditions was pet ownership (Table 1). to the inherent health benefits of pet ownership for older In this sample, rural, older pet owners differed from matched (i) Older adult pet owners have overall better health with (ii) Older adult dog owners have better health status than older cat and dog owners: the nord-trondelag health study	./cache/work_2pu3kz2265g67okcvi24fguby4.pdf	./txt/work_2pu3kz2265g67okcvi24fguby4.txt